PSYC 2490 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Limbic System, Amygdala, Psychopathy

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2490
• Professor: Leda Worobec

Document Summary

Several psychophysiological and biological factors that are related to antisocial personality and psychopathy: think "higher more advanced thugs" Lack of emotional responsiveness: there is no feeling of remorse, they are fine in situations that will often induce anxiety in others, you can"t treat someone who doesn"t respond to punishment. If it doesn"t bother them then there is no drive to change: the craving-for-stimulation model. Lack the insight of guilt, remorse and shame: 15-30% of correctional offenders, aspd, emphasizes juvenile delinquency and adult criminality, 50-80% of correctional offenders, they feel remorse for what happens, they feel anxious, having panic attacks. "white collar" psychopaths don"t meet aspd criteria (successfully evaded the law: often do not get caught (no aspd diagnosis, cannot quantify their outward behaviour, use intimidation to satisfy their selfish needs instead of guns. In the coorporate world these people use their charm to their advantages: traits. Smooth, charming: hate to lose, opportunistic, discredit others to make self look better.