Few psychological concepts evoke simultaneously as much fascination and
misunderstanding as psychopathic personality, or psychopathy. Typically, individuals with …

The clinical concept of psychopathy (“psychopathic personality”) is generally considered to
entail persistent behavioral deviancy in the company of emotional–interpersonal …

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Two variants of callous-unemotional (CU) traits and psychopathy have been proposed,
referred to as primary and secondary. Whereas primary variants are thought to be …

In this review, we focus on two major influences on current conceptualizations of
psychopathy: one clinical, with its origins largely in the early case studies of Cleckley, and …

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Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

The triarchic model of psychopathy (Patrick, Fowles, & Krueger, 2009) was formulated as an
integrative framework for reconciling differing conceptions of psychopathy. The model …

Background: Conceptualizing Psychopathy. The definition of the term psychopathy has been
a matter of longstanding debate. As used today, the concept is generally considered to entail …

Data were derived from visits to prisons, police departments, and numerous university
libraries across the United States as well as interviews with several serial murderers, their …