PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Christophe Rocancourt, Hervey M. Cleckley, Antisocial Personality Disorder
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Psyc 102 - introductory psychology - lecture 27: personality disorders. A longstanding (even in childhood; persistent part of personality), maladaptive pattern of inflexible behavior. Top five: antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder (explode after break up, paranoid personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder (need to have attention all the time, dependent personality disorder. This character was recognized since greek times. He defined the cluster of traits that are still recognized today (more or less) They cant experience emotional highs or lows that normal people do. Raped and murdered 12 women from washington state to florida. Con artist: bilked many victims of their money. Many counts of theft, fraud, attempted murder, forgery, etc. Major crimes in ny, la, and vancouver. Three categories of theories: biological perspective. Frontal lobe abnormality may lead to deficits in planning actions and considering moral implications of actions. Heritability roughly 50 percent: psychological theories. Normal iq range but don"t acquire emotional associations.
