Psychopaths - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AQA PSYCHOLOGYPSYCHOPATHOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2024. What are the positives for statistical infrequency? - ANSWER - Objective- A cut off point is agreed No value judgements- doesn't view homosexuals as abnormal because they are wrong just because they are infrequent to heterosexuals. Appropriate- In many cases it can define abnormality. What are the negative points for statistical infrequency? - ANSWER Inappropriate- 130+ IQ would be considered abnormal...

Empathy is the ability to detect, understand (affective empathy), and connect the feelingsand thoughts of another individual. Improving empathy is vital for establishing relationsand acting sympathetically. It entails feeling someone else's perspective and facilitatesprosocial or encouraging behaviors that come from within oneself instead of beingcompelled (cognitive empathy)(Psychology Today, n.d.). In contrast, those individualswho lack empathy are regarded as psychopaths or children exhibiti...

Chapter 03 Explaining Crime     
Multiple Choice Questions
  1. Which of the following is a product of the Enlightenment period, or the Age of Reason, a period of history that began in the early 1500s and lasted until the late 1700s? 
A. classical theory
B. biological positivism
C. positivist theory
D. neoclassical theory   
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Level: Basic
Topic: Classical
Topic: Neoclassical Approaches to Explaining Crime
  2. Several modific...

Forensic Psychology Exam 1 Questions and Answers 2023 Wild Beast Test A test used historically to determine whether a person is insane. They couldn't be accountable for their offenses because they were "beast-like" and they lacked capacity for reasoning. Benjamin Cardozo Later became a Supreme Court justice. He wrote "for example, if a person has an insane delusion that God has appeared and convinced them to complete a crime, we think it cannot said of the defendant that he knows t...

Contents Unit 1...........................................................................................................................................................4 1. Ethical Foundations..........................................................................................................................4 Fisher: Morality & Ethics......................................................................................................................4 2. Ethics & Biomedical Ethics.......

STATISTICAL INFREQUENCY abnormality is defined as those behaviours that are extremely rare, i.e. any behaviour that is found in very few people is regarded as abnormal. e.g. IQ - statistically unusual if below 70. diagnosed w/ intellectual disability disorder DEVIATION FROM SOCIAL NORMS behaviour that is different from the accepted standards of behaviour in a community or society abnormality based on social context example: antisocial personality disorder (formerly psychopathy) - fai...

PSYCHOLOGY MENTAL HEALTH what is the atieology for somatogenic approach 20th century and treatment used - Answer--mental illness explained in terms of abnormal brain structure, neurotransmitters and inherited genes the psychological problems are linked to physical causes treatment = ect and drug therapy what is the atieology of greek culture and treatment used - Answer-- 4 types of fluid in the body (black,yellow bile , blood and phlegm) each of them thought to relate to a different per...

STATISTICAL INFREQUENCY - ANSWER abnormality is defined as those behaviours that are extremely rare, i.e. any behaviour that is found in very few people is regarded as abnormal. e.g. IQ - statistically unusual if below 70. diagnosed w/ intellectual disability disorder DEVIATION FROM SOCIAL NORMS - ANSWER behaviour that is different from the accepted standards of behaviour in a community or society abnormality based on social context example: antisocial personality disorder (formerly ...

• Question 1 A defendant’s age at first violent offense is an example of a factor in risk assessments. • Question 2 You are an attorney appointed to represent a poor client accused of rape who has a history of mental illness. During your meetings with the defendant, the man is coherent and can work with you. But he describes himself as having “gone crazy” around the time of the rape and he tells you he was “not in [his] right mind” when it happened. Which of the following issues...

Psychologists who are interested in behavioral similarities and differences between species are a. biological psychologists. b. experimental psychologists. c. comparative psychologists. d. animal psychologists. e. physiological psychologists. - ANSWER-C Employee morale and staff cooperation would be the concern of a(n) a. clinical psychologist. b. forensic psychologist. c. social psychologist. d. industrial and organizational psychologist. e. business psychologist. - ANSWER-...