PSY 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bernard Madoff, Phineas Gage, Psychopathy
27 Nov 2016
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The psychopath: what do they (cid:498)look like(cid:499), wide variation, but, they all show: Only think about themselves, you are underneath them, if you do something to do them, then they care about you and want to seek revenge: about 0. 6% of the population meets the criteria, correlates with: Being male, violent behaviour, incarceration, drug dependence, and dsm personality disorders. Important is environment because depending how these guys are abused, it leads to what path you"re going it be go. You would have to be abused if you are a psychopath. They are able to fulfill psycho needs without committing violent crimes, they may also be criminal but non violent like tax evasion or something similar. Psycho wouldn(cid:495)t feel this , theyd be focus on doing their job: some psychopathic tendencies may actually be valued in western society lying. 2. 4 5. 4 % when they need to, massaging the truth.
