Psychopathy

Psychopathy is not a disease, it's a lifestyle. That was a way of life that Montresor lived. Montresor was a psychopath. Montresor was charming, yet mischievous, especially with his words. Montresor hurt, and even killed with no remorse. "My heart grew sick; it was the dampness of the catacombs that made it so, not that fact that I was trapping Fortunato. I hastened to make an end of my labour. I forced the last stone into its position; I plastered it up. Against the new masonry I re-erected the…

In order to research my transition throughly I will be studying 3 different theorists and their theories. This will help to improve my knowledge of the subject area and will allow me to draw my own conclusions about my transition. The first theorist I will be studying will be Bandura and his self efficacy theory. Self efficacy is being able to recover quickly from setbacks and disappointments. Children who have a strong sense of self efficacy will show a lot of commitment to their interests and…

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that causes an individual to lose their understanding and grasp on reality. The disorder is chronic and severe and can have very adverse effects on individuals diagnosed such as auditory and visual hallucinations, combined with episodes of intense paranoia and bizarre thoughts and actions. Schizophrenia induces these hallucinations and feelings of paranoia and can distort a person's ability to differentiate between where the hallucinations end and reality…

confrontation with Hester in the prison that the reader can observe his psychology, or simply his state of mind. Based on the example “Drink Then’, replied he, still with the same cold composure”, Chillingworth can be diagnosed with slight psychopathy. Psychopathy, as described by doctor Paula MacKenzie, is a personality disorder in which a person may seem normal to the naked eye, but is either almost or is completely void of emotional feeling(The Psychopath). This takes a physical manifestation…

A Look at Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Romantic Relationships According to Butcher, Hooley, & Mineka (2014), Individuals with narcissistic personality disorder show an exaggerated sense of self-importance, preoccupied with being admired, and have a lack of empathy for the feelings others. There are subtypes of narcissism: grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. The ones that are most associated with aggression is grandiose narcissism. These individuals not only show aggression, but they…

Theodore Robert Bundy was a serial killer, kidnapper, rapist, burglar, and necrophile. During the 1970’s he murdered a great number of young women and girls. He would lure the young women in his car with his charm, on the passenger side of his vehicle there was no door handle so the women could not escape. He would carry with him many weapons to torture and kill his victims, he would mostly keep the weapons in the trunk of his vehicle. After bundy lured one of his victims into his vehicle he…

Bowlby (1951) saw attachment behaviour as an instinctive reaction. The infant will use social releasers, such as crying and smiling to seek proximity to the primary caregiver, to ensure survival in evolutionary times. The infant will use social releasers when proximity to the caregiver is threatened, such as by separation, insecurity or fear. Social releasers will stimulate caregiving in adults, so that care and responsiveness become determinant for attachment. A securely attached child will…

Is it nature or is it nurture; it’s a long-existing conversational piece as to whether human good and evil comes from within or if humans are made good or evil as a result of the environments they live in. Aragno (2014) supports the notion that evil is a thing that exists already within humans as they all hold the emotional capacity to feel envy, greed, pride, and anger and these are the emotions that fuel evil acts such as bullying, racism, murder, and violence. Contrasting this view, some…

There is a lot of controversy over personality testing as well. The most common criticism touches validity and reliability of this method. Annie Murphy Paul in her book “The Cult of Personality” questioning validation and reliability of personality testing. She says: “often invalid, unreliable, and unfair”. She describes personality test as an industrial astrology and critics this form of assessment as “slippery, often underground, hard to monitor and measure “In her opinion very often tests are…

blind man who stumbles into another person and knocks him into traffic.” This seems like a reasonable purpose for using the insanity defense at least with the volitional definition. Miller (2014) states that “in practice, however, a diagnosis of psychopathy or antisocial personality disorder is virtually never successfully invoked as an insanity defense for any type of crime.” Although the actions of some of these individuals are atrocious…