PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Human Potential Movement, Spontaneous Remission, Cognitive Therapy

To date, there is no universally effective, long-term psychological treatment for antisocial personality disorder (or psychopathy specifically). In many cases, particularly when a psychopath or an individual with APD commits a violent crime, confinement is the only form of long-term management. What ethical concerns with this come to mind, if any? Should society explore other methods to treat/manage psychopathy, or is confinement a reasonable approach in violent circumstances?

6. While interviewing Joe, Dr. Willard discovers that Joe has a genetic predisposition for schizophrenia because his uncle and mother had schizophrenia. Dr. Willard also believes the fact that Joe was homeless for several months after being expelled from school and "disowned by his parents triggered his schizophrenia. Dr. Willard probably follows the model of psychological disorders.

5. As you listen to one of your psychology professors talking to a colleague, she uses the words "childhood sexuality" and "repression" when speaking about memory. Most likely, she is speaking about which psychological perspective? A) social constructivism B) psychodynamic C) humanistic D) neuroscience E) sociobiology