Chat with AIExam 11: B: Psychopaths
Identify the ten myths associated with psychopathy.
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Verified1)Psychopaths are born,not made
2)Once a psychopath,always a psychopath
3)All psychopaths are violent
4)You either are or are not a psychopath
5)There are no women psychopaths
6)Psychopathy and APD are different labels for the same construct
7)Psychopaths are all intelligent
8)Psychopaths are untrea
9)Psychopathic traits cannot be measured via self-report instruments
10)Psychopaths do not know the difference between right and wrong
Explain why most researchers believe psychopaths cannot be treated.Describe one well-known study that lends support for this notion.
(32) Verified-Psychopaths see nothing wrong with their behaviour,often don't feel anxiety or distress,and usually only participate in treatment when it is to their benefit.
-Rice,Harris,and Cormier (1992)conducted a study on violent psychopathic and nonpsychopathic forensic psychiatric patients to evaluate the effects of an intensive therapeutic treatment program.
-Patients were followed for 10 years after release.
-Untreated nonpsychopaths had a violent reoffending rate of 39%
-Treated nonpscyhopaths had a violent reoffending rate of 22%
-Untreated psychopaths had a violent reoffending rate of 55%
-Treated psychopaths had a violent reoffending rate of 77%
-These findings contributed to many clinicians concluding that psychopaths should not be treated as their recidivism rates are higher when this is attempted.
Name and describe different study designs used involving twins and siblings when trying to isolate the effect of genes or environment on psychopathic traits.
(28) Verified-Identical twins who have been raised apart allow us to determine the effects of environment on psychopathic traits.
-Fraternal twins who have been raised together can be compared to identical twins raised together.
-Biological siblings raised together can be compared to adoptive siblings raised together.
Discuss several of the reservations that have been raised concerning applying the label of psychopath to children and adults,and what research has found regarding these concerns.
(28) Define psychopathy,Antisocial Personality Disorder,and sociopathy and give three examples of differences between these disorders.
(34) Explain how psychopaths differ from nonpsychopaths and more specifically how psychopaths' use of violence differs from nonpychopathic offenders.
(35) Name and describe the most widely used assessment tool for measuring psychopathic traits in adults.
(38) Explain who Clifford Olson is and why he is famous.What changes have been made to Canadian legislation as a result of his request?
(36) List the five recommendations identified by Quayle (2008)to use when interviewing a psychopathic suspect.
(42) Describe the cognitive and affective models of psychopathy in terms of the two predominant theories about the development of psychopathy.
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