PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Anti-Social Behaviour, Psychopathy
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What"s a psychopath: a person who demonstrates a discernible cluster of psychological, interpersonal, and neurophysiological features that distinguish him or her from gen. population (robert. Apd (antisocial personality disorder: pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of the rights of others, occurs since age 15, criminal behaviour, must be at least 18 yrs. old to be diagnosed. Behavioural characteristics of psychopathy: super cial charm, average to above-average intelligence (most of them) Psychological testing di erences some psychopaths display relatively higher scores on intelligence tests than typical o ender, but not all: successful psychopaths committed crimes but avoided arrest and conviction for o ences, unsuccessful psychopaths convicted and imprisoned. Indivs. diagnosed w/ schizophrenia and who demonstrated many of the features of psychopathy > more severe histories of o ending and violence than those person diagnosed w/ schizophrenia alone. Verona, patrick and joiner (2001) psychopaths who were esp. aggressive and impulsive show some indictors of suicidality (risk of suicide)
