Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Psychopathic Personality Inventory, Homicide, U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Rating

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: K. Mc Keown

Document Summary

Psychopathy: a personality disorder defined by a collection of interpersonal, affective and behavioural characteristics, including manipulation, lack of remorse or empathy, impulsivity, and antisocial behaviours, descriptions of psychopathy exist in most cultures. Assessment: hare"s psychopathy checklist revised, most popular method of assessing psychopathy in adults, 20-item scale, assesses interpersonal (ex. Semi-structured interview and review of file information (ex. Scores range from 0-40: 30 or higher is a psychopath, currently psychopathy is a 2 factor model, factor 1- interpersonal, affective traits, gilbness/superficial charm, grandiose sense of worth, pathological lying, conning/manipulative. Shallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric: callousness; lack of empathy. Failure to accept responsibility for his or her own actions: factor 2- unstable and socially deviant traits, need for stimulation/proneness to breakdown, parasitic lifestyle, poor behavioural control, early behavior problems, revocation of conditional release. Forensic use of psychopathy: court cases involving youth offenders that included testimony about psychopathy resulted in more severe dispositions.