PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Hypervigilance, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Personality Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Guergana Mileva

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We have to help them somehow, but keep them accountable for the law. Someone tried to use this excuse in court, but they said that they should be accountable. The(cid:455) (cid:373)orall(cid:455) k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)hat"s (cid:449)ro(cid:374)g, (cid:271)ut they lack empathy, so they should be held accountable. People are individualistic, we value the characteristics within psychopathy. They were using a psychopath checklist to hire people. The media takes the most extreme form of individuality psychopathy. The psychopath in some way is a fantasy; until they cross this threshold. The treatment should be different than other treatments; to not harm others and feel empathy. Hard to notice people like this because they are so charming. Could be genetically predisposed, but not until there is an environmental trigger. Cluster a: paranoid personality, schizoid personality and schizotypal personality. Negative interpretation of the way one is talking to you. Schizophrenia has more of an obvert and present delusion; ppd has more of a suspicion than a delusion.