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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?
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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