Psychopathy a Concealed Personality Defect
Psychopathy is described as a mental disorder, characterized by affective interpersonal and behavioral abnormalities (Crime and Justice Vol 3, 2009). Persons with psychopathy, or psychopaths, show an incapacity for…
Psychopathy in Relation to Potentially
This paper includes two short critiques of research articles examining the PCL-R and its measures of psychopathy in two different contexts. The articles are: Blonigen, D. M., Sullivan, E. A., Hicks, B. M., & Patrick, C. J. (2012, January 23). Facets of
psychopathy in relation to potentially traumatic events and posttraumatic stress disorder among female prisoners: the mediating role of borderline personality disorder traits. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0026184
Cox, J., DeMatteo, D., Foster, E. (2010). The effect of the Psychopathy Checklist- Revised in
capital cases: Mock jurors' responses to the label of psychopahty. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 28, 878-891.
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Sociopath or psychopath: distinguishing personality disorders
Personality disorders have been the interest of psychologists since long time. There are many personality disorders identified by the psychologists, and this paper sheds light on the most important among those disorders i.e. Psychopath and Sociopath. In general, these people use these two terms interchangeably but the fact is that these two conditions may be interrelated, but the symptoms and the behaviors of the individuals suffering from these disorders, along with the background of this disorder may be entirely different. This paper this shed light on the difference of these disorders along with pin pointing the social factors that may be involved in making or enforcing these disorders.