PSYCHOPATHY

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• The medical term is Antisocial Personality Disorder (ADP)
• What do you think of when you hear APD or Psychopathy?

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• Narcissistic?
• No empathy?
• Manipulative?
• Unable to hold a relationship?
• These are the usual signs of a psychopath.

NATURE OR NURTURE?

NURTURE

FAMILY INFLUENCE

• Language
• Cognitive development
• Attachment
• ...no bond?

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• An abused child...

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• ... A strong man.

MEDIA?

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• Video games
• Television

BOBO DOLL EXPERIMENT

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• Bandura
• Boys
• Girls

NATURE

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• Family history.
• Lowered stress rates.
• Genetics in environmental reactions
• Womb influences

PROFESSOR JAMES FALLON

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• Monoamine Oxidase-A gene (MAOA)
• X-Chromosome
• Most population

JAMES FALLON: CONFESSIONS OF A PRO-SOCIAL PSYCHOPATH

PSYCHOPATHS

FOUR MOST IMPORTANT TRAITS

• Antagonism
• Disinhibition
• Neuroticism
• Extraversion

IS BOREDOM A KILLER?

EDWARDS, JONES, ALLEN

LUIS GARAVITO

SO.

BOTH!