PSY344H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Psychopathy Checklist, Hervey M. Cleckley, Personality Disorder
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They seek vulnerable victims to use for their own benefit. Sometimes they get what they want by charming their victims or they use intimidation and violence to get what they want. Hervey cleckley described 16 features (positive, emotional-interpersonal features, behavioural problems). A personality disorder defined by a collection of interpersonal, affective, and behavioural characteristics, including manipulative, lack of remorse or empathy, impulsive and antisocial behavior. What are the different assessment methods developed to measure psychopathy: hare psychopathy checklist revised (pcl-r): the most popular method of assessing psychopathy in adults. Developed by roberts hare and influenced by hervey cleckley. It is a 20 item rating scale that uses a semi-structured interview and review of file information to assess features (1) interpersonal (grandiosity, manipulativeness) (2) affective (lack of remorse, shallow emptions) (3) behavioural (antisocial, impulsivity) Those that take this test are subdivided into 3 groups:
