PSYC 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Psychopathy Checklist, Superficial Charm, Pathological Lying
20 Mar 2013
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Outline lecture 19 individual differences: preamble: person vs. situation, individual differences at diff. Why aren"t people identical: developmental causes of differences. Facultative responses: causes of heritable differences. Byproducts: leftovers of something else that is adaptive & heritable. Frequency-dependent selection: payoffs for a trait are dependent on their prevalence within the population. Psychopathy: deceitful, selfish, manipulative, impulsive, aggressive individuals with little remorse or guilt. When a psychopath commits a violent act, they"re not doing it because they"re malicious or evil. They"re doing it because they don"t give a damn. (hare, 2005) Perhaps as much as 50% of repeat violent offenders. Parasitic lifestyle, glib superficial charm, pathological lying, manipulation. The difference between disorder and something we don"t like . Many people consider psychopathy to be a pathology (disorder) Think of it as a manipulation of genes (brokeness) during development. But: we may be equating our dislike of their behaviour with disorder .
