Psychology 2032A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Rating, Hervey M. Cleckley, Psychopathic Personality Inventory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Have been called interspecies predators: seek vulnerable victims to use for their own benefit. Psychopathy: a personality disorder defined by a collection of interpersonal, affective, and behavioural characteristics, including manipulation, lack of remorse or empathy, impulsivity and antisocial behaviours. Hervey cleckley provided one of most comprehensive clinical descriptions of the psychopath in his book the mask of sanity. Hare psychopathy checklist-revised (pcl-r) most popular method of assessing psychopathy. Indicated that it considered of 2 correlated factors: factor 1 arrogant and deceitful interpersonal style, factor 2 deficient affective experience, factor 3 impulsive and irresponsible behavioural style, factor 4 antisocial items. 2 of the most widely used self-report scales: psychopathic personality inventory revised, self-report psychopathy scale. A personality disorder characterised by a history of behaviour in which the rights of others are violated. Symptoms include: failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviours, deceitfulness. Impulsivity or failure to plan ahead: lack of remorse, consistent irresponsibility.