PSYC 331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11,12: Psychopathy Checklist, U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Rating, Psychopathy
Document Summary
Psychopathy: a personality disorder defined by a collection of interpersonal, affective, and behavioural characteristics, including manipulation, lack of remorse or empathy, impulsivity, and antisocial behaviours. Hare psychopathy checklist revised: the most popular method of assessing psychopathy in adults. Psychopathic personality inventory revised: a self- report measure of psychopathic traits. Self-report psychopathy scale: a self-report measure of psychopathic traits. Antisocial personality disorder: a personality disorder characterized by a history of behaviour in which the rights of others are violated. Sociopathy: a label used to describe a person whose psychopathic traits are assumed to be due to environmental factors. Adversarial allegiance: the tendency for forensic experts to be biased toward the side (defence or prosecution) that hired them. Sexual homicide: homicides that have a sexual component. Sexual sadism: people who are sexually aroused by fantasies, urges, or acts of inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on another person. Antisocial process screening device: observer rating scale to assess psychopathic traits in children.
