PSYCH356 Lecture Notes - Empathy, Superficial Charm, Asperger Syndrome
2 Aug 2013
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Wednesday, july 24th, 2013: interesting set of symptoms that are recognized distinctively in therapeutic settings, symptoms and set of characters seems to go along together but the reason for this is uncertain, impressionistic in character. Not all psychopathic personalities wound up to be criminals need to have a broader conception of the phenomenon compared to the ones that are portrayed in the media. Using expressions of language to describe variability of traits and personality. Noted characteristic symptoms that are setting apart psychopaths from the non psychopathic criminals. Interviewed them and recorded their personal narratives of the crime committed. Recorded the types of language used to narrate the crimes. Emotional disturbances lower affect detach themselves emotionally (less emotional involvement in their descriptions of their crimes) Less likely to use present tense compared to the controls. One suggestion that they were more remote from these crimes indicator of emotional detachment.
