Psychopathy

In his research, Dr. Richard Davidson, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, looked over five hundred different scans to try and find a pattern of possible psychopathy within the brain. Dr. Davidson found “that the brain images of those who had been convicted of a murder with aggressive or antisocial disorders showed distinct brain activity compared to those who were considered normal” (American Academy). With…

that proactive aggression, where an individual responds in an aggressive way without being provoked and is typically aimed at possessing objects or controlling other people. This distinction is important as research has found that individuals with psychopathy are more likely to engage in both forms of aggression, where as individuals with Antisocial Personality Disorder typically only engage in reactive aggression (Frick, 2009). Other researchers began noticing…

This segment of disorder is characterized by a lack of emotion and regret, as well as unrestrained and aggressive actions (Myers, 2011). According to R. Blair, psychopathy is created from a lack of moral development associated with the inability to restrain aggression (1995). Dr. Lecter fits into the category of psychopathy because of the fact that he was able to harm the nurse without his heart rate rising to a rate that would be equivalent to a struggle. His body did not react in a way…

that psychopaths do not have emotions. However, they do portray emotions, just in a narcissistic manner (Meloy, 1988). Interestingly, only 1% of the population consists of psychopaths. While genes do contribute a big part of the development of psychopathy, they are not the…

The “Dark Triad” within psychology is comprised of the psychological constructs of Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy (Paulhus, & Williams, 2002). As the use of the term ‘dark’ implies, these constructs are more often than not seen as undesirable traits, with the characteristics of people possessing them being viewed as malevolent and selfish (Jonason, & Webster, 2010; Jonason, Webster, Scmitt, Li, & Crysel, 2012; Mededovic, & Petrovic, 2015; Paulhus, & Williams, 2002). Although not…

delinquency. Psychological theories deal with identifying individual differences rather than social theories. This review identifies five important theories used in psychology, learning theories, intelligence theories, personality theories, theories of psychopathy, and cognitive and social development theories. These theories were chosen due to the fact that they have been used to explain crime previously, have been considered important by scholars,…

(2012) study as they sought to understand whether certain features of personality and psychopathy are characteristics for successful and unsuccessful in leadership position, namely the U.S. presidents. One limitation was that the four indicators of psychopathy trait were not measured. As a result, the findings may not provide a relevant correlation between certain psychopathy and presidential performance. A second limitation was that six of the 42 presidents were evaluated by only…

Both he believes to be not psychological disorders, but morality disorders. First off, we need to understand what narcissistic personality disorder is and what psychopathy is. We can define narcissistic personality disorder has an elated or inflated sense of self-importance and lack of others. Psychopathy is similar, but that psychopaths are completely uncaring, show zero to no emotions and lack of empathy for others. By definition we can see how it is a question of morality especially…

upon norms, values, belief, and behavioral characteristics of those with who the delinquent interacts. The psychological perspective of a delinquency is the behavior of youths as an unresolved instinct which drives in the human psyche. Juvenile psychopathy is defined as young person committing a criminal act or even offense. They are below of age which ordinary criminal prosecution is possible. Some researchers have concerns about the…

Cleckley was an American psychiatrist best known for writing The Mask Of Sanity, a collection of 13 case studies expressing the various traits of psychopathy, however, it was written as if it were a novel, rather than a strictly scientific essay. The book’s introduction starts by introducing sanity as a flexible concept, and asks, “Do we not, as a matter of fact have to admit that all of us behave at…