PSYCHOPATHIC KIDS Can we identify future psychopaths at an
early age?
By: Katelyn Pochapski
Can psychopathy be measured?
Yes, we can!!!
• Psychopathy Checklist (PCL) and PCL-R
• Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV)
• Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV)
• P-Scan: Research Version
What are we measuring?
• The four core factors of psychopathy.
FACTOR 1: Interpersonal Manipulative Charm
FACTOR 2: Impulsive
Lives like there is no tomorrow.
Have a listen.
• Artist: The Offspring
• Song: Bad Habit
• Album: Smash
FACTOR 3: Affective
• Grandiose Self Worth
(Perfect Example)
FACTOR 4: Antisocial Tendencies
• Jim Jones of People’s Temple
• About Jim Jones
At what age do psychopathic tendencies
surface?
Things to look out for…
Callous-Unemotinal and Antisocial
Traits
Both appear to be heredetery.
Lack of empathy, the most important trait.
School Bullying, is typical of future
psychopaths.
insensitivity to punishment
What was the in-utero experience like?
Aggression often accompanies antisocial
tendencies in children. • Watch: Childhood Agression
Are children with these traits destined?
What are the treatment options?
Conclusion?
•Use for Intervention: • Oxytocin,
• Brain Damage Therapy
• Positive Reinforcement