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Understanding Psychopathy: The Words of Infamous Cases, Lecture notes of Personality Psychology

Insights into the characteristics and behaviors of psychopaths as described by three notorious cases: Carl Panzram, Joel Rifkin, and Richard Ramirez. It includes a Hare Psychopathy Checklist and discussions on their grandiose sense of self-worth, glibness, need for stimulation, and more.

What you will learn

  • How does the Hare Psychopathy Checklist help identify psychopathic traits?
  • How do psychopaths view themselves and their actions?
  • What are the common characteristics of psychopaths?
  • What are some examples of psychopathic behavior in famous cases?
  • What are the implications of psychopathy in relationships, workplaces, and children?

Typology: Lecture notes

2021/2022

Uploaded on 09/27/2022

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WHAT WE

DIDN’T LEARN

IN

SCHOOL

PSYCHOPATH: NOT ALWAYS WHAT YOU THINK

POWER AND CONTROL

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

Carl Panzram Panzram confessed to 22 murders, claiming he was ‘rage personified': I'll kill the first man that bothers me. He also admitted to sodomizing over a thousand men. He said he would rape men because it was his method of dominating and humiliating people.

• GLIBNESS/SUPERFICIAL CHARM

• GRANDIOSE SENSE OF SELF-

WORTH

• NEED FOR STIMULATION/PRONE

TO BOREDOM

• PATHOLOGICAL LYING

• CONNING/MANIPULATIVE

• LACK OF REMORSE

• SHALLOW AFFECT

• CALLOUS/LACK OF EMPATHY

• PARASITIC LIFESTYLE

• POOR BEHAVIORAL CONTROLS-

AGGRESSIVE

• SEXUAL PROMISCUITY

• EARLY BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

• LACK OF REALISTIC, LONG-TERM

GOALS

• IMPULSIVITY

• IRRESPONSIBILITY

• FAILURE TO ACCEPT

RESPONSIBILITY FOR OWN

ACTIONS

• MANY “SHORT-TERM” MARITAL

RELATIONSHIPS

• JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

• REVOCATION OF CONDITIONAL

RELEASE

• CRIMINAL VERSATILITY

HARE PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST

THINK…FEEL…ACT

GRANDIOSE SENSE OF SELF-WORTH

GLIBNESS/SUPERFICIAL

CHARM