PSYC 3310 Study Guide - Conduct Disorder, Horse Meat, Impression Management
12 Jul 2014
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Psychopathy: personality disorder (not officially recognized by the dsm). Someone who is psychopathic displays specific interpersonal, affective (emotional), and behavioural characteristics. Antisocial behaviour (a violation of the rights of others) The inuit in alaska use the term kunlangeta to describe an individual who. *what is important is that psychotic people are thinking people; they know right from wrong) rational (logical, wise, sensible. Cleckley: the mask of sanity was a psychiatrist, and he published a book called the mask of. He purported that the psychopathic person seems perfectly normal on the outside, but on the inside they are not. Psychopathic people put on a mask for the outside world. Internally, they have all of the problems listed above (interpersonal, affective, behavioural, and antisocial) Hare psychopathy checklist (pcl): the most popular tool to measure psychopathy in adults. The psychopathy checklist is comprised of 20 items. The interviewer reads the clients file, and then ask the client specific questions.
