PSYC 2400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Psychopathy Checklist, Hervey M. Cleckley, Psychopathic Personality Inventory

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

Document Summary

Psychopathy- a personality disorder defined by a collection of interpersonal, affective, and behavioural characteristics, including manipulation, lack of remorse of empathy, impulsivity, and antisocial behaviours. Psychopaths are dominant, selfish, manipulative individuals who engage in impulsive and antisocial behaviours. Hervey cleckley the mask of sanity: 16 features ranging from positive features(intelligence), emotional-interpersonal features (no remorse) and behavioural problems(antisocial) Factor 1 reflects the combination of interpersonal and affective traits (violent, emotion deficits, poor treatment response) Measure traits that are not easily observed. Don"t have to worry about interpreter reliability: problems; May not have sufficient insight to correctly asses themselves. Since they lack emotions it"s hard for them to report: psychopathic personality inventory revised. Measures two factors (fearless dominance and impulsivity: self-report psychopathy scale. 4 factors (erractive lifestyle, interpersonal manipulation, criminal tendencies and callous affect. Antisocial personality disorder-a personality disorder characterized by a history of behaviour in which the rights of others are violent.