When corporations are destroyed by the actions of their senior directors‚ employees lose their jobs‚ shareholders lose their investments‚ and societies lose key parts of their economic infrastructure‚ have you noticed that it often appears that the senior directors involved walk away with a clear conscience and they seem to be unaffected by the corporate collapses they have created. They present themselves as glibly unbothered by the chaos around them‚ unconcerned about those who have lost their
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Serial killing as a phenomenon has been apart of the United States’ history for many years. Serial killers have been typically defined as individuals who have murdered a minimum of three to four people over a period of time with a ‘cooling off’ period between each murder (Wittington-Egan‚ 2008). There are various theories that give insight into why individuals become serial killers. One of the most prevalent theories being the idea that psychological disorders contribute to one’s likeliness to kill
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creating a reciprocal pattern of interaction. This is the main base in Bowlby’s monotropy theory which says that ‘a failure to initiate or a breakdown of the maternal attachment would lead to serious negative consequences‚ even including affectionless psychopathy’. This theory led to the creation of his maternal deprivation
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London. This theory states that a strong emotional and physical attachment to at least one primary caregiver is critical to personal development. Loss of a strong bond in your early years can lead to anxiety‚ maternal deprivation‚ and affectionless psychopathy. Anxiety is an effect of the loss of contact between an infant and a caregiver. There are specific‚ and different anxieties that can come from this. Stranger anxiety is an infant’s response to the arrival of a stranger. Separation anxiety is the
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Meaning & Theory of Empathy: - The term “empathy” is used to describe a wide range of experiences. Emotion researchers generally define empathy as the ability to sense other people’s emotions‚ coupled with the ability to imagine what someone else might be thinking or feeling. Contemporary researchers often differentiate between two types of empathy: “Affective empathy” refers to the sensations and feelings we get in response to others’ emotions; this can include mirroring what that person is
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conceptual foundations of science Cambridge University Press‚ Cambridge. Hare‚ R. D. ( 2003). The Hare Psychopathy Checklist—Revised ( 2nd ed.). Toronto‚ Ontario‚ Canada: Multi-Health Systems. Gould‚ S. J. (1980) Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History. Harmondsworth: Penguin. Heilbrun Jr. A.B. (1982) Cognitive Models of Criminal Violence Based Upon Intelligence and Psychopathy Levels. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology‚ Vol. 50‚ No. 4‚
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John Bowlby (1907 - 1990) was a psychoanalyst (like Freud) and believed that mental health and behavioral problems could be attributed to early childhood. Bowlby’s evolutionary theory of attachment suggests that children come into the world biologically pre-programmed to form attachments with others‚ because this will help them to survive. Bowlby was very much influenced by ethological theory in general‚ but especially by Lorenz’s (1935) study of imprinting. Lorenz showed that attachment was
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psychopathological. Psychopathology can be best described as having a personality disorder which is brought on early in childhood and is present long term in social and interpersonal dysfunction (Catchpole‚ Gretton & Hare‚ 2004). Persons with psychopathy are characterized with having grandiose‚ manipulative‚ forceful and cold-heartedness and display superficial and labile emotions (Catchpole‚ Gretton & Hare‚ 2004). They are incapable of forming relationships‚ principles‚ and goals and lack empathy
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Sociopathy is actually not a direct link to psychopathy since‚ in this scenerio‚ the rule of nature versus nurture applies. To understand this difference‚ one must see psychopathy being a born issue (or nature) and sociopathy being an environmental or situational issue (or nurture). One way to see this in the story was through a flashback of the narrator’s childhood
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Mental illness affects approximately 1 in 4 people‚ including Macbeth from Shakespeare’s famous play‚ The Tragedy of Macbeth. Illnesses like schizophrenia and psychopathy impact about one percent of the population. In the play‚ Macbeth expresses worrisome traits of both of these disorders. Schizophrenia and psychopathy are both extremely deteriorating to the mind and he very well could have suffered from not just one‚ but both of these illnesses. He has the tendencies to be a psychopath while also
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