Your assignment is to select a character from a movie, show, book Netflix, etc.. Or a real peal person in history who you believe to meet criteria for psychopathy. You are to score them using the Psychopathy Checklist.
You are not allowed to use Ted Bundy, Ed Gein, or Jeffrey Dahmer.
Your PCL-R assignment is worth 50 points.
Please upload it here. Be sure that it is typed and not written.
Please make sure that you type out all of the criterions.
Not just the ones that apply to your subject
At least 1 more references is required. Such as documentaries, interviews, articles. Please be sure to type out the PCL-R criteria.
For example:
The twenty traits assessed by the PCL-R score are:
Score 0 if it does not apply to you, score 1 if it somewhat applies, score 2 if it fully applies to you.
1. Glibness and superficial charm
– smooth-talking, engaging and slick.
2. Grandiose self-worth
– greatly inflated idea of one’s abilities and self-esteem, arrogance and a sense of superiority.
3. Pathological lying
– shrewd, crafty, sly and clever when moderate; deceptive, deceitful, underhanded and unscrupulous when high.
4. Cunning/manipulative
– uses deceit and deception to cheat others for personal gain.
5. Lack of remorse or guilt
- no feelings or concern for losses, pain and suffering of others, cold hearted and unempathic.
6. Shallow affect/emotional poverty
– limited range or depth of feelings; interpersonal coldness.
7. Callous/lack of empathy
– a lack of feelings toward others; cold, contemptuous and inconsiderate.
8. Fails to accept responsibility for own actions
– denial of responsibility and an attempt to manipulate others through this.
9. Needs stimulation/prone to boredom
– an excessive need for new, exciting stimulation and risk-taking.
10. Parasitic lifestyle
– Intentional, manipulative, selfish and exploitative financial dependence on others.
11. Poor behavioural controls
– expressions of negative feelings, verbal abuse and inappropriate expressions of anger.
12. No realistic long-term goals
– inability or constant failure to develop and accomplish long-term plans.
13. Impulsiveness
– behaviours lacking reflection or planning and done without considering consequences.
14. Irresponsible
– repeated failure to fulfil or honour commitments and obligations.
15. Juvenile delinquency
– criminal behavioural problems between the ages of 13-18.
16. Early behaviour problems
– a variety of dysfunctional and unacceptable behaviours before age thirteen.
17. Revocation of Conditional Release
– Violating probation or other conditional release because of technicalities.
18. Promiscuity
– brief, superficial relations, numerous affairs and an indiscriminate choice of sexual partners.
19. Many short-term marital relationships
– lack of commitment to a long-term relationship.
20. Criminal versatility
– diversity of criminal offenses, whether or not the individual has been arrested or convicted.
Scores above 30 indicate psychopathy in the United States, while scores above 25 indicate psychopathy in Britain.
The average neurotypical (normal) person receives a score between 3 and 6 (4 being the average estimate).
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The average non-psychopathic criminal receives a score between 16 and 22.
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The average criminal Sociopath and/or Antisocial Personality Disordered individual receives a score between 22 and 26.
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The serious criminal Sociopath and/or Antisocial Personality Disordered individual receives a score between 26 and 29.
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Criminal Psychopaths receive a score between 30 and 40.
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A non-criminal Psychopath receives a score between 30 and 34.
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