PSYC 342 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Anti-Social Behaviour, Conduct Disorder
2 Apr 2016
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External behaviour e. g. crimes (often embedded in aggression) Antisocial behaviour: violation of social rules, disregard for self and others. Antisocial personality disorder: antisocial behaviour (lying, lack of empathy, impulsiveness etc. ) which does not only happen during manic episodes or other disorders (e. g. schizophrenia) Individual has to be 18 years of age. Evidence that conduct disorder has onset at 15 then develops into apd. Studies centred on testosterone (even back to first hormone study rooster castration and loss of aggression) Crime records and self reports single out aggressive individuals and try to figure out what is different about them studies focus on observational research (questionnaires etc. ) One of the first studies to look at t and aggression. : they are secluded, they are often there for aggressive behaviour and therefore they have a documented history of aggression. Nothing is significant (little association between t and aggressive b and psyc traits e. g. hostility)
