PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Psychopathy Checklist, Hervey M. Cleckley, Antisocial Personality Disorder
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Hervey cleckley: the mask of sanity (his book) They just presented as if they were: 16 characteristics, contemporary research indicates psychos are more complex. What is a psychopath: a person who demonstrates a discernible cluster of psychological, interpersonal, and neurophysiological features that distinguish him or her from the general population. Robert hare: hare essentially operationalized cleckley"s characteristic behaviours into 20 scorable items that is known as the pcl, then modified to the. A pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others, occurring since age 15 (starts early) Commit a wide range of crimes (criminal versatility) But so do borderline personality disorder and bipolar mood. Disorder patients and many others: dyssocial psychopath (aka sociopath but problems with that label) Factor 2: social deviance: life style. Parasitic l. s (cid:523)don(cid:495)t earn their own living(cid:524) Most do not exhibit symptoms of mental disorder. Some argue that psychopathy and schizophrenia are on same spectrum.
