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PSYCH 526 EXAM 1 questions well
answered to pass
antisocial personality disorder - correct answer โœ”โœ”- a pervasive pattern of disregard for and
violation of the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into
adulthood
- most high psychopathy is ____
BUT most ___ is not high psychopathy
Narcisstic Personality Disorder - correct answer โœ”โœ”pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for
admiration, and lack of empathy, begins by early adulthood
PCL-R - correct answer โœ”โœ”- Hare
- gold standard measurement of the psychopathic personality
Harvey Cleckley's Concept of a Psychopath - correct answer โœ”โœ”- 16 checklist
- mask of sanity
- does not emphasize violence or criminality
factor 1 traits of psychopathy - correct answer โœ”โœ”-Interpersonal/affective traits (lack of
empathy, superficial charm, fearlessness)
Factor 2 traits of Psychopathy - correct answer โœ”โœ”behavioral/antisocial traits (impulsivity,
irresponsibility, criminal behavior)
Glibness/Superficial Charm - correct answer โœ”โœ”- smooth-talking, engaging, and slick
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antisocial personality disorder - correct answer โœ”โœ”- a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood

  • most high psychopathy is ____ BUT most ___ is not high psychopathy Narcisstic Personality Disorder - correct answer โœ”โœ”pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy, begins by early adulthood PCL-R - correct answer โœ”โœ”- Hare
  • gold standard measurement of the psychopathic personality Harvey Cleckley's Concept of a Psychopath - correct answer โœ”โœ”- 16 checklist
  • mask of sanity
  • does not emphasize violence or criminality factor 1 traits of psychopathy - correct answer โœ”โœ”-Interpersonal/affective traits (lack of empathy, superficial charm, fearlessness) Factor 2 traits of Psychopathy - correct answer โœ”โœ”behavioral/antisocial traits (impulsivity, irresponsibility, criminal behavior) Glibness/Superficial Charm - correct answer โœ”โœ”- smooth-talking, engaging, and slick
  • likable and entertaining
  • ** they do not answer a question in an interview**
  • Factor 1 grandiose sense of self worth - correct answer โœ”โœ”- inflated view of abilities and self worth
  • not embarrassed by legal history
  • finds others beneath them
  • factor 1 pathological lying - correct answer โœ”โœ”- lies for no reason
  • completely fictitious life history even though it can be checked
  • factor 1 conning/manipulation - correct answer โœ”โœ”- many different relationships
  • fraud types crimes, using people for money, making different relationships
  • "foot in the door technique"
  • gets prison staff to help them with things
  • factor 1 lack of remorse/guilt - correct answer โœ”โœ”- it's the victim's fault
  • they left their doors unlocked
  • insurance will cover it
  • factor 1 shallow affect - correct answer โœ”โœ”- unable to experience a normal range of emotions
  • says they love their children but hasn't seen them, can't remember their birthday etc.
  • short-lived emotion
  • factor 2 early behavioral problems - correct answer โœ”โœ”- involved with crime under the age of 12
  • ask teachers, parents, family to describe the child - are they the black sheep?
  • factor 2 promiscuous sexual behavior - correct answer โœ”โœ”-A variety of brief, superficial relations, numerous affairs, and an indiscriminate selection of sexual partners -The maintenance of several relationships at the same time -A history of attempts to sexually coerce others into a sexual activity or taking great pride at discussing sexual exploits or conquests
  • many sexual partners (hundred)
  • partners don't know about each other
  • sex offense history
  • factor 2 want short-term marital relationships - correct answer โœ”โœ”- live in relationships that involve some degree of commitment .. don't have to be married
  • factor 2 Lack of realistic long term goals - correct answer โœ”โœ”- an inability or persistent failure to develop and execute long-term plans and goals; a nomadic existence, aimless, lacking direction in life.
  • "I wanna play for the NBA"
  • " i want to become a lawyer, doctor, psychologist ... first I need my GED"
  • factor 2

Impulsivity - correct answer โœ”โœ”- tendency to act quickly without careful thought

  • immediate gratification
  • factor 2 irreponsibility - correct answer โœ”โœ”- father to numerous children but no child support or contact
  • day to day living
  • failure to take on responsibility
  • factor 2 juvenile delinquency - correct answer โœ”โœ”- antisocial or criminal behavior of young people
  • only formal contact with the criminal justice system
  • factor 2 Revocation of conditional release - correct answer โœ”โœ”- get to be released on conditions - inmate gets to go on parole but then they return to prison
  • factor 2 criminal versatility - correct answer โœ”โœ”- a diversity of types of criminal offenses, regardless if the person has been arrested or convicted for them; taking great pride at getting away with crimes.
  • factor 2 Primary Psychopathy - correct answer โœ”โœ”- a majority of factor 1 traits
  • emotional deficit
  • labeled as more psychological stability

Abuse & Psychopathy Factors - correct answer โœ”โœ”- abuse IS related to irresponsible and impulsive lifestyle factors of psychopathy childhood abuse & psychopathy - correct answer โœ”โœ”- child maltreatment linked to severity of psychopathy and APD Witnessing childhood abuse & psychopathy - correct answer โœ”โœ”- Witnessing domestic violence is significantly associated with an overall level of psychopathy

  • Strongest relationship with interpersonal/ affective facets Female offenders & abuse - correct answer โœ”โœ”Females had more physical abuse, sexual abuse, and abuse after 18 years than male offenders Ucinate Fasciculus - correct answer โœ”โœ”- white matter that connects the amygdala to the OFC
  • women have reduced structural integrity here
  • RESULTS IN IMPAIRED EMOTIONAL/BEHAVIROAL DSYREGULATION Damasio's Somatic Marker Hypothesis - correct answer โœ”โœ”- builds off the vmPFC
  • "Gut feelings" assist indecision-making - even if not conscious
  • Somatic markers are created during the process of education and socialization through the connection between certain types of stimuli and certain types of affective states
  • Once formed, somatic markers guide behavior by focusing attention on the negative or positive outcomes of a given action and then serving "as an automated alarm signal which says: beware of danger ahead" CTE - correct answer โœ”โœ”- degenerative neurological decision
  • symptoms impacted by region of the brain impacted
  • aaron hernandez

Imagine self vs imagine other study - correct answer โœ”โœ”- inmwates viewed stimuli depicting bodily injuries while adopting an imagine self-versus imagine other perspective

  • psychopaths had typical brain response involved in empathy for pain about themselves
  • psychopaths had an atypical brain response when they thought about empathy for others Violence Inhibition Mechanism - correct answer โœ”โœ”- Physiological process that stops aggressive behavior when the victim displays distress signals
  • theory = psychopathy is due to failure to be morally socialized due to amygdala dysfunction orienting the development of empathy Low Fear Hypothesis - correct answer โœ”โœ”- People with primary psychopathy are born with below average levels of fearfulness. (low fear IQ)
  • the fearlessness of psychopathic individuals makes it difficult to socialize which explains psychopathic traits
  • from weak attachment to parents passive avoidance learning - correct answer โœ”โœ”- the individual learns to avoid an outcome by being passive
  • ex. you know not to engage in criminal behaviors because you're afraid of going to prison Emotion Modulated Startle - correct answer โœ”โœ”- Psychopaths blinked less for unpleasant pictures compared to control group
  • Shows they are less startled by unpleasant pictures --> LOW FEAR Newman's Response Modulation Hypothesis - correct answer โœ”โœ”- Psychopaths are characterized by a ____ deficit that interferes with their ability to use secondary (or non- dominant information) to regulate goal-directed behavior

Impaired Integration Model - correct answer โœ”โœ”-psychopathy may be "conceptualized as a disorder of information integration" -psychopathic individuals have difficulty rapidly integrating multicomponent perceptual information (attention bottleneck), which in turn influences the quality of mental representations and shapes the development of associative neural networks in the brain

  • emotion processing deficits --> Fail to address situational variability with attention & discussion with non-emotional stimuli
  • attention deficits --> Fail to integrate the increasing evidence of brain abnormalities associated with psychopathy
  • salience networks switching role may be diminished
  • involves language ventromedial prefrontal cortex - correct answer โœ”โœ”- functions in socio-moral decision making and regulating emotional responses
  • densely connected to the amygdala Patient EVR - correct answer โœ”โœ”-similar to Phineas Gage -successful college educated accountant who had tumor removed
  • huge change in emotion & decision making after tumor
  • PSEUDOPSCHOPATHY Trolley Paradox - correct answer โœ”โœ”-Utilitarian: Push stranger off bridge kill 1 -Non-Utilitarian: Pull lever to kill 5 men instead of 1
  • primary psychopathy reacts similarly to vmPFC lesion patients (utilitarian)
  • non psychopaths would be non-utilitarian because they don't want to be involved in a decision that feels morally wrong Economics dictator game - correct answer โœ”โœ”- one player, "the dictator" determines how to split on amount of money between himself and another player. The second player doesn't really "play": just get what is given
  • high primary psychopathy --> make lowers offers (LACK OF EMPATHY) economics ultimatum game - correct answer โœ”โœ”- one player makes an offer. If the other player doesn't accept - neither player gets any money
  • some incentive to be fair
  • High primary offers are less likely to accept unfair offers - even if get nothing insula - correct answer โœ”โœ”- social emotional region that is not activated and deficits in sensorimotor
  • moral decision making
  • imagine self vs imagine other study amygdala - correct answer โœ”โœ”- function deals with fear and anxiety
  • reduce activity in psychopaths
  • psychopaths have difficulty learning to perform prosocial rather than antisocial acts striatum - correct answer โœ”โœ”-hyper active in psychopaths
  • deals with heightened reward sensitivity
  • related to impulsive and antisocial traits Default Mode Network (DMN) - correct answer โœ”โœ”- Network of structures that are active when a person is involved in internally focused attention such as mind wandering

allegiance bias - correct answer โœ”โœ”When a researcher's results risk being biased, or a study not published, because of allegiances to a funder or an employer, for example. Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center Study - correct answer โœ”โœ”- CBT program used to reduce the frequency & severity of violence

  • Appeal to their self-interest to use strengths in a non-criminal manner
  • behavioral self management instead of a cure
  • 50% reduction of violent reoffending cognitive remediation - correct answer โœ”โœ”A treatment approach designed to change neurobiology by training individuals in particular cognitive skills TMS - correct answer โœ”โœ”- Use of electromagnet placed on the scalp and sends magnetic pulses down into specific brain regions
  • can be used to "turn up" parts of the brain with reduced activity Can we feel the presence of someone high in psychopathy? - correct answer โœ”โœ”- Meloy & Meloy
  • Intraspecies predator
  • 77% reported feeling a cold presence
  • female interviewers could sense more than males Blair claims... - correct answer โœ”โœ”you have regions of the Brain that don't activate the same way so you don't feel empathy Deming - correct answer โœ”โœ”- affective empathy & cogntive empathy
  • match a blurred face in a scenario
  • ***psychopaths lack affective empathy
  • Just because I "don't do it doesn't mean I don't understand"