Psychopathy

gov/health/publications/suicide-a-major-preventable-mental-health-problem-fact-sheet/index.shtml). The Journal of Cambridge University in U.K, Development and Psychopathology, delivers “The many teenagers are troubled with depression and anxiety, which are most common form of psychopathy in adolescence and adulthood.” In addition, it says, “Adolescence can be considered as high risk development period for the onset and intensification of depression and anxiety symptoms” (Gaysina and Richard,…

Serial killers have been haunting the public population since the beginning of human civilization, and ever since then we’ve been trying to find a solution for them. With modern science, therapist and psychologist have been able to narrow down childhood trauma as the main reason in the making a serial killer. With this specific problem identified, we’ve been able to link together and create solutions to humanities issue of these killers. Britannica defines a serial killer as “…the unlawful…

research trial involving 200 children in which four boys manifested traits associated with autism but had normal cognitive functions and language development, yet significantly lacked interpersonal skills. He had classified their behavior as autistic psychopathy and detailed that it was responsible for their idiosyncrasies such as unreciprocated nonverbal communication, self-imposed isolation, and specialized knowledgeability in distinct interests that made them appear as “little professors.”…

Children’s freedom to explore and why it is a vital part of growing up Childhood and parenting norms have changed somewhat drastically over the past few decades. Parents have become more protective and as a result children are more dependent on adult supervision as they grow older. In her article, Hanna Rosin argues that children need to have freedom during their growing process, in terms of facing certain risks and coming to terms with, and even eliminating, their fears. In being…

expectations of special treatment.” Non-exploitive entitlement is characterized by “entitled beliefs that rest on the notions of self-worth and fairness.” Interestingly, exploitive entitlement was shown to be related to higher levels of neuroticism and psychopathy. It was also related to lower self-esteem and lower levels of social commitment. Non-exploitive entitlement was associated with a higher self-esteem. While no amount of entitlement is necessarily seen as humble, non-exploitive…

not always understand what brings others to do bad things, and while it may be hard to fathom, sometimes those who do these terrible acts may themselves not understand why. A psychopath is an example of this type of person. Someone diagnosed with psychopathy has a personality disorder which manifests as symptoms like amoral and antisocial behaviour and a lack of ability to love or establish meaningful relationships, thus causing them to act as though no one else matters but themselves.…

Out of the digital divide an addiction to social media is born. What does internet addiction look like? Well, think back to Jamie who had become preoccupied with her virtual community; seeking more friends, more comments on her posts and more likes on her pictures to create a euphoric feeling for herself. Jamie becomes uncomfortable when she is unable to connect to social media—Moody, restless and depressed—all signs of withdrawal. The first thing that Jamie does in the morning, once her…

behavior: a criminal’s inability to control the urge to commit a crime, a criminal’s hatred for something could be symbolically shown through crime, and Thanatos, the death instinct which causes criminals to commit crimes dangerous to themselves. Psychopathy, a diseased or disordered personality, is also often seen as a cause of crime.…

solitary confinement for very long periods at a time. It is known that penitentiaries are a place to house those who are mentally ill. More than one third of inmates have some sort of mental illness (Makin, 2011). This can range from depression to psychopathy. When placed in situations such as prison, these mental illnesses begin to increase and aggravate the individual. In order to control these types of inmates, they are usually placed in solitary confinement. More than half of suicides that…

Introduction The phrase “survival of the fittest” has been a stated time after time. What is this phrase really referring to? In the early 1900s a theory known as the Lombroso theory claim this very phrase. This theory argued that criminals were less involved than non criminals, because of physical features. In other words, a criminal was not made, but born a criminal. The now dominate theory, Biosocial Theory of Crime, suggest that criminals and non criminals are no different from one another.…