Effects Of Psychopaths

Expert witnesses from the case of Kjeldsen (1981) state that even though psychopaths are not able to experience remorse or guilt for their victims, they have the mental abilities to appreciate the nature and quality of the actions (Verdun-Jones, Criminal Law in Canada, 2015, p. 209). That is, in other words, psychopaths are to have capabilities to understand as well as foresee the physical consequences of their actions, despite not being able to understand the psychological damage created towards their victims (Verdun-Jones, Criminal Law in Canada, 2015, p.

Due to its primary role in processing memory and emotional reactions, over the last decade and a half psychologists have been linking the amygdala to psychopathy. It is involved in aversive conditioning and instrumental learning and is thus involved in all the processes that, when impaired, produce the same functional impairments displayed by psychopaths. Two famous studies conducted by Tiihonen and Kiehl respectively have confirmed this. Tiihonen used a volumetric MRI to test and confirm the positive correlation between low amygdaloid volume and a high degree of psychopathy in violent criminals (measured by the Hare checklist-revised) while Kiehl used a functional MRI to prove reduced amygdala response during an emotional memory task in individuals who scored high on the Hare checklist-revised. However, both these studies along with numerous others were conducted using violent offenders as subjects rather than individuals with psychopathy. Although many psychopaths do exhibit violent tendencies, not all violent offenders are necessarily psychopaths. A study conducted by Raine is one of the few that did focus only on individuals exhibiting psychopathy. In his study Raine was able to show reduced prefrontal grey matter in his test subjects. Unfortunately though, he was unable to differentiate between grey matter in different regions of the prefrontal cortex. It is however clear that there is one region of the frontal cortex that could be

Psychopaths are typically devoid of emotion, and have an inherent sense of superiority that drives them to take actions that society considers

One problem with these arguments provided by Kennett, McGeer, and Nichols, is that none explicitly address why psychopaths are deemed amoral versus immoral. The term “rational amoralist” is used by Nichols, but is not differentiated between what it means to be an immoralist. Amorality is conceptualized as the inability to differentiate between right and wrong, whereas immorality is conceptualized as knowing what is right versus wrong, but not being motivated to act accordingly. Psychopaths, as described in each of the sources, seem to fit the idea of being immoral rather than amoral in this way. They are capable of understanding the motivations and emotions of others, but do not care to engage with others in such a way that is motivated by their well-being. It may be the case that I have an incorrect interpretation of these ideas.

Southernization and Westernization took hold of many of the Empires in Europe and Asia at that of 1400-1750 when the Early Modern World began to rise. Colonization, exploration, and the building up of empires were the main concerns during this period. This had quite the effect on the people and kingdoms that were being over taken. Exploration and colonization impacted many empires around the globe because, trade began to increase which spread ideas and goods, slavery affected empires by using them as laborers to build their colonies, and there is a competition between the empires of who can obtain colonies and rise to a higher power.

The fact that the offender was a psychopath meant he probably had no self-control or was impulsive because of observed behavior or learnt behavior. A theory called the self-control theory explains this impulsiveness for criminals. Pardue states, "Self-control theory assumes that the lack of self-control is natural and that self-control must be learned through the process of socialization". (Pardue, 2013 p. 124). This meaning that if the criminal lack self-control as a child and wasn't taught it by friends, family, etc.

Of all the psychiatric disorders, none are more chilling to the world then the psychopaths and sociopaths. These two disorders, categorized as antisocial personality disorders, bring about the absolute worse people and killers that the world has ever known. The infamous serial killers, the people who do the unimaginable, were all psychopaths. The ability of these people to do what they do and know that what they are doing is wrong, is perhaps one of the most chilling and shocking characteristic of these people. Psychopaths and sociopaths are very often thought by most to be the same disorder, yet they are different when classified by many psychiatric researchers. The people classified as psychopaths and sociopaths are separated by one main difference, and that is if they were born with a lack of the ability to empathize or if they were affected as children in a traumatic environment. Although both of these horrible disorders derive from a different area, the reality is that they are unpredictable, undetectable and most importantly, they can be very dangerous.

The researchers, based at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, said the differences in psychopaths' brains mark them out even from other violent criminals with anti-social personality disorders (ASPD), and from healthy non-offenders. The study showed that psychopaths, who are characterised by a lack of empathy, had less grey matter in the areas of the brain important for understanding other people's emotions.

The epic began with the description of an internal conflict in the Achaian forces. The king Agamemnon's desire for a woman who had the gods on her side forced the great leader to dishonor one of his fighters by taking the fighters woman. We soon learn, in book 3, that the reason that the Achaians were fighting the Trojans was because a the Trojan prince Paris stole Helen from her Achaian husband Menelaos. During the confrontation a one-vs-one combat was proposed and a character, Alexandros the godlike answered the call for the Trojans. When Menelaos steps forward for the Achaians, Alexandros retreats. Alexandros was then scolded for his cowardice and we learn the cause of the battle, “And now you would not stand up against warlike Menelaos?

There are various physical and behavioral differences between a psychopath and an average person. In the book The Social Brain: Evolution and Pathology, doctors of psychiatry Hedda Ribbert and Wulf Schiefenhövel explain psychopath’s core features as a lack of empathy, persistent disregard for the feelings of others, reduced emotion, and have autonomic hyperresponsivity to sad and fearful

They are ended whenever necessary or when it suits them, and the relationships are without depth or meaning, including marriages” (Wood). Psychopaths have an innate ability to seek out and discover weaknesses in people, and make it a personal goal to target those weaknesses. They tend to carry a very low level of anxiety, and are rarely stressed. They are unlikely to hold a job for any length of time, as they begin to question the ways of their employers and they become uninterested in the tasks assigned to them. Their impulsivity keeps them from planning long-term, which results in a high occurrence of debt-fault (Wood.)

When most people hear the word psychopath their mind forms a picture of a wild-eyed, rambling, lunatic who is often restrained in a straitjacket. The media has helped this belief along the way with slasher horror films and grisly CSI episodes depict these strange humans. However, the average psychopath is much harder to spot than most people believe. In fact, most of them are extremely difficult to distinguish from ordinary humans. They outwardly appear normal and many do not find it difficult to blend into common society. They can interact with others, hold successful jobs, and effectively keep themselves out of trouble. Most are not the sadistic killers many people think they are. Psychopaths are people born with problems (Bartol 105) or

Psychopathy is a disease of the mind, in which the psychological state of someone has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric evaluation. Psychopaths have no concern for the feelings of others and a complete disregard of any sense of social obligation. Psychopaths are characterized by lack of empathy, poor impulse control and manipulative behaviors. They use charm, manipulation, intimidation, and the use of severe to mild violence to satisfy their own needs.

Some people who have acted in an evil sense have grown up with abusive parents, drugs and molestation but their past made no difference in who they became in the future. They could use their past to make themselves stronger or use it to tear them down. As a whole, we recognize evil acts as being those committed by individuals who have abandoned society, individuals who commit rampage style shootings, those who target children for sexual exploitation, those who target vulnerable women for rape, terrorists, and so on. These are acts which, regardless of their root cause, have no seed of good within them. They are committed solely for the purpose of delivering pain, suffering, and torture to the victims, with no redeeming value to society, and without remorse.

Imagine a man, digging a grave addressed to him using his own two bare hands. Shakespeare’s Macbeth takes readers back to a medieval Scottish time period where nobility still reigns. Shakespeare’s play is the ultimate display of how man’s desires lead to self-destruction by taking fate into their own hands. Though Macbeth is a highly respected warrior, he is easily persuaded by the people and forces around him to carry out malicious acts that eventually lead to his downfall. Actions speak louder than words, and throughout the play, Macbeth demonstrates dark and evil tendencies that overshadow the good judgment we perceive him upholding by having the titles of Thane and kinsman.