PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Magnified, Homicide, Serial Killer

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2400
• Professor: Adelle Forth

Document Summary

File information: but you can"t believe what psychopaths tell you they"re charming, persuasive, much better at lying (impression management, collateral information, get as much information as possible first, then interview and know when he/she is emitting, denying, exaggerating, etc. Rate 20 items on 3-point scale (0 doesn"t apply, 1 to some extent, 2 definitely: can range from 0 to 40, **score of 30 or greater is the cut-off. Between his masters and phd, he needed a job. Initially started research for people with anxiety disorders: also in general community, females would score slightly lower, maybe due to the items captured in these measures, it was developed in correctional sample of all-male members. Some were still instrumental (28%: high on psychopathy (30 or greater), most of them instrumental murder (93%) Only 7% committed reactive murder: major implications for how we treat individuals. Typically the kind of intervention for homicide is one-size-fits-all. Assumption that they need anger management, control impulses.