Exam 3: Psychopathology and Biogenics of Serial Murderers

Which can best be attributed to the term "insanity?"

Having more than one _____ may be an attempt to suppress or deny severe traumatization as a child.

Formerly known as multiple personality disorder, this is the most widely known dissociative disorder.

The Brawner Rule intends to exclude _____ from using the insanity defense.

What did Reiss and Roth find?

Worry and anxiety about future is a characteristic of the psychopath.

Criminal psychopaths make up about what percentage of the male inmate population in prison?

What percentage of all criminal cases uses the insanity defense?

This killer had subpar intelligence, suffered from kryptopyroluria, suffered multiple head traumas, was raised in a dysfunctional family, experienced sexual and physical abuse, had homosexual experiences at age 11, had sex with animals, and went on as an adult to kill female prostitutes.He sometimes returned to the crime scenes days later to mutilate the corpses and take trophies.

At his trial, Ted Kaczynski was found to be _____.

In her study of psychopathology and mass murder, Souza found that most of these have a history of mental illness.

This type is a pervasive pattern of detachment from relationships, including limited expression of emotions.

Which one of the following sets of descriptors best applies to paranoid personality disorders?

This disorder is characterized by orderliness, perfectionism, and inflexible behaviors.

This mental disorder or syndrome is unintentionally caused in a patient by a clinician or practitioner.

In _____, the Supreme Court ruled that insanity may continue after the criminal act, and therefore the offender could be placed in a psychiatric facility until such time when he or she is determined to have recovered from his or her afflictions.

Which is not part of the "Big Five" theory of personality?

Which of the DSM-V classifications of personality disorders is characterized by social and interpersonal deficits, and eccentric behaviors that inhibit the development of close relationships?

In their studies of homicide offenders, Virkkunen, et al., and Linnoila, et al., found that:

The role of _____ in violent crime is of growing importance in understanding the dynamics of the interactions among the forces of biology, psychological factors, and our environment.