CRIM 2251

Person who demonstrates a discernible cluster o psychological, interpersonal, and neurophysiological features that distinguish him or her from the general population

The only "true" psychopath

commit antisocial or violent acts because of severe emotional problems or inner conflicts

Display aggressive, antisocial behavior they have learned from their subculture (i.e. gangs or families)

Pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation o, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood

Primary psychopaths who do engage in repetitive antisocial or criminal behaviour

measures criminal psychopathy (22-items)

• Psychopathy Checklist Revised
• 20 items

• Psychopathy Checklist:Screening Version
• 12 item short form

Psychopathy Checklist Youth Version

Screening instrument that serves for a rough screen for psychopathic features

Reflects the interpersonal and emotional components of the disorder and consists of items measuring remorselessness, callousness, and selfish use and manipulation of others

Most closely associated with a socially deviant or antisocial lifestyle, as characterized by poor planning, impulsiveness, an excessive need for stimulation, proneness to boredom, and a lack of realistic goals.

• Hypothesizes that criminal psychopaths manifest an abnormal or unusual balance between the two hemispheres
• both in language and emotional or arousal states

Psychopaths demonstrate normal appraisal of emotional cues in situations in the abstract, but are deficient in using emotional cues o guide their judgments and behavior in the process of living

Higher order mental abilities involved in goal-directed behaviour

A study done by Lykken; he would shock and was interested in how quickly subjects learned how to avoid it