Psychopathy Psychopathy is a personality disorder that affect a person’s social skills in a very dangerous way. The world has coined the term ‘Psychopath’ to refer to those who suffer it. Psychopaths have affected the world in many ways. Sadly‚ few of these “ways” were positive. I wish to take a deeper look at Psychopathy by looking at what psychopathy really is‚ the definition of empathy‚ famous psychopaths and what they were capable of‚ the biology of a psychopath’s brain‚ and how they’re dramatized
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Introduction The purpose of this study is to compare and contrast the constructs of psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder. The aim is to highlight whether the terms psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder reflect the same construct or whether they differ. Furthermore‚ recommendations for treatment of criminal behavior will be explored. For the purposes of this evaluation some definitions need to be highlighted: Criminal offence is an act that breaks a law‚ which relates how to behave
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In the article “Remorse‚ Psychopathology‚ and Psychopathy among Adolescent Offenders” by Andrew Spice‚ Jodi Viljoen‚ Kevin Douglas‚ and Stephen Hart‚ the aim is to establish the effects of shame and remorse on young offenders. Previous research doesn’t allow discussion for the implications and differences between the two emotions. The article is meant to link the “bad” guys with the bad feelings; bad is in quotations as these people are deviant‚ but not necessarily bad. In the words of the authors
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Psychopathy‚ also known as antisocial personality disorder (ADP) “is a disorder that is characterized by a long-standing pattern of disregard for other people’s rights‚ often crossing the line and violating those rights.” (Bressert‚ 2016). Someone who is diagnosed with ADP is likely to feel little to no empathy towards the people around them and sees no issue with breaking set rules or laws to obtain what they desire. Empirical Article for Psychopathy Wiley Interscience‚ published a study that was
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Behaviors that constitute Psychopathy 11/1/13 Behaviors that Constitute Psychopathy There are many things that can constitute psychopathy. We know from the study at the University of Wisconsin‚ Madison that brain scans revealed that psychopathy in criminals were related with diminished connectivity between the amygdala‚ a subcortical structure of the brain that processes negative stimuli‚ and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex‚ a cortical region in the front of the brain
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Four-Factor Model of Psychopathy and Its Association With Ethnicity‚ Gender‚ Intelligence‚ and Violence Michael J. Vitacco Craig S. Neumann and Rebecca L. Jackson Mendota Mental Health Institute University of North Texas Although a 2-factor model has advanced research on the psychopathy construct‚ a 3-factor model was recently developed that emphasized pathological personality and eliminated antisocial behavior. However‚ dropping antisocial behavior from the psychopathy construct may not
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Samara Levy April 6‚ 2013 Psychopathy: It ’s Not for Children 9-year-old Michael is intermittently hostile and calm‚ childish and aloof. He switches between highs and lows regularly‚ but does that make him a psychopath? The traits Michael exhibits are called callous-unemotional and many experts consider them precursors to psychopathy (Kahn). Although it is impossible to diagnose a child as a psychopath‚ it is true that children who display callous-unemotional tendencies exhibit antisocial
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But psychopathy mostly is caused by abuse or neglect from parents and also genetics. Certain genes can inhibit the chemicals that are responsible for “happy” emotions and make you more susceptible to becoming a psychopath. But we don’t blame the person who inherited
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 3. 2. A DEFINITION OF TERMS: PSYCHOPATHY 4. 3. BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 5. 3.1 FAMILY STUDIES; TWIN AND ADOPTION STUDIES 5. 3.2 PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORIES 6-7. 3.3. EYSENCK’S THEORY 7. 4. PSYCHOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOPATHY 8. 4.1 BEHAVIOURAL THEORIES 8. 4.2 SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY 8. 4.3 MODELLING 9. 5. CONCLUSION .. 10-11. 6. REFERENCES 12-13
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Psychopathy is a personality disorder‚ mainly characterized by a lack of remorse or empathy‚ and is highly associated with antisocial behavior alongside other symptoms (Pozzulo‚ 301). Research shows that psychopathy can develop during childhood and adolescence (Pozzulo‚ 314). Psychologists are able to present to court the most probable criminal behavior of an young offender‚ as well as how specific models of psychopathy should be addressed‚ and how the offender should be punished including specific
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