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criminology_phase_3.pptxPsychopathy is a personality or mental disorder characterized partly by antisocial behavior, a diminished capacity for remorse, and poor behavioral controls.
Psychopaths
The study of the psychopath reveals an individual who is incapable of feeling guilt, remorse or empathy for their actions. They are generally cunning, manipulative and know the difference between right and wrong but dismiss it as applying to them.
Psychopaths
They are incapable of normal emotions such as love, generally react without considering the consequences of their actions and show extreme egocentric and narcissistic behavior.
Psychopaths
Characteristics of a psychopath
•Superficial charm and average intelligence.
•Absence of delusions and other signs of irrational thinking.
•Absence of nervousness or neurotic manifestations.
•Unreliability.
•Untruthfulness and insincerity.
Psychopaths
•Lack of remorse or shame.
•Antisocial behavior without apparent compunction.
•Poor judgment and failure to learn from experience.
•Pathological egocentricity and incapacity to love.
•General poverty in major affective reactions.
Psychopaths
•Specific loss of insight.
•Unresponsiveness in general interpersonal relations.
•Fantastic and uninviting behavior with drink, and sometimes without.
Psychopaths
There are different degrees of psychopathic behavior and different types including the sexual psychopath and the work psychopath.
Most studies indicate that there are no conventional methods available which cures psychopathic behavior.
When conventional methods have been used, the psychopath becomes empowered, and reacts by improving their cunning, manipulative methods.
They have an ability to conceal their true personality, even from trained eyes.
Psychopaths
Psychopath has no real emotions.
They develop their own personality by mimicking those around them.
They have an inability to control inappropriate outburst of anger and hostility which results in loss of jobs, loss of friends and family and divorce.
This promotes the psychopath into a justification for more aggressive behavior.
Psychopaths
They have an inability to determine when their actions are being perceived as dishonest, deceitful or dangerous.
They fail to accept there are consequences for their actions.
They maintain a belief that they can outwit those who pursue them.
They will never be caught.
If caught, they believe they will find a way back out.
Psychopaths
Cognitive distortions are exaggerated or irrational thought patterns that are believed to perpetuate the effects of psychopathological states, especially depression and anxiety.
Cognitive distortions
Filtering.
We take the negative details and magnify them while filtering out all positive aspects of a situation. For instance, a person may pick out a single, unpleasant detail and dwell on it exclusively so that their vision of reality becomes darkened or distorted.
Cognitive distortions
Polarized Thinking (or “Black and White” Thinking).
In polarized thinking, things are either “black-or-white.” We have to be perfect or we’re a failure — there is no middle ground. If your performance falls short of perfect, you see yourself as a total failure
Cognitive distortions
Overgeneralization.
We come to a general conclusion based on a single incident or a single piece of evidence. If something bad happens only once, we expect it to happen, again. A person may see a single, unpleasant event as a never-ending pattern of defeat.
Cognitive distortions
Jumping to Conclusions.
A person may conclude that someone is reacting negatively toward them but doesn’t actually bother to find out if they are correct. A person may anticipate that things will turn out badly, and will feel convinced that their prediction is already an established fact.
Cognitive distortions
Catastrophizing.
We expect disaster to strike, no matter what.
A person might exaggerate the importance of insignificant events or they may inappropriately shrink the magnitude of significant events until they appear tiny.
Cognitive distortions
Personalization.
Personalization is a distortion where a person believes that everything others do or say is some kind of direct, personal reaction to the person. We compare ourselves to others trying to see who is smarter, better looking, etc.
A person may see themselves as the cause of some unhealthy event that they were not responsible for. “We were late to the dinner party and caused the hostess to overcook the meal. If I had only pushed my husband to leave on time, this wouldn’t have happened.”
Cognitive distortions
Control Fallacies.
“I can’t help it if the quality of the work is poor, my boss demanded I work overtime on it.” This has us assuming responsibility for the pain and happiness of everyone around us. “Why aren’t you happy? Is it because of something I did?”
Cognitive distortions
Fallacy of Fairness.
We feel resentful because we think we know what is fair, but other people won’t agree with us.
Blaming.
We hold other people responsible for our pain, or blame ourselves for every problem. Nobody can “make” us feel any particular way — only we have control over our own emotions.
Cognitive distortions
Shoulds.
We have a list of rules about how others and we should behave. People who break the rules make us angry. We feel guilty when we break these rules.
“I really should exercise. I shouldn’t be so lazy.”
Emotional Reasoning.
We believe that what we feel must be true. If we feel stupid and boring, we must be stupid and boring. You assume that you are. “I feel it, therefore it must be true.”
Cognitive distortions
Fallacy of Change.
We expect that other people will change to suit us if we just pressure them enough. We need to change people because our hopes for happiness seem to depend on them.
Always Being Right.
We continually try to prove that our opinions and actions are correct. Being wrong is unthinkable. “I don’t care how badly arguing with me makes you feel, I’m going to win this argument no matter what because I’m right.” Being right often is more important than the feelings of others.
Cognitive distortions
Heaven’s Reward Fallacy.
We expect our sacrifice and self-denial to pay off
We feel someone is keeping score.
We are bitter when the reward doesn’t come.
Cognitive distortions
