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Running head: PSYCHOPATH PROCESSING DEFICIENCIES

Emotion Deficit Processing in Psychopaths
A synthesis paper
Cary Malczewski

Professor Gary A. Noll, Ph.D
Abnormal Psychology 270
November 01, 2007


Emotion Processing Deficiencies in Psychopaths
Callous, insincere, remorseless, and manipulative are all traits that are encompassed by psychopathic individuals. People affected with a psychopathy have difficulty functioning normally in society. Their behavior is often seen as antisocial and amoral. Common characteristics of psychopathic individuals are aimlessness, impulsive behavior without regard to consequence, untruthfulness, lack of remorse, and irresponsibility (Newman & Scott, 2002). Healthy individuals are able to respond accordingly to other people around them by reacting to certain cues. People use emotions or cues like body language, facial expression, and tone to communicate effectively. These emotions are recognized, understood, integrated, and responded to......

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Approximate Pages: 7 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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