Frontal Lobe Functions and Activation
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What is a characteristic of the atypical amygdala in people high in psychopathy?

  • Larger volume and highly reactive
  • Smaller volume and highly reactive
  • Normal volume and highly reactive
  • Smaller volume and less reactive (correct)

    • What is the impact of atypical orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) on individuals with psychopathy?

  • Enhanced capacity for response reversal
  • No impact on response reversal
  • Impaired capacity for response reversal (correct)
  • Delayed capacity for response reversal

    • What distinguishes everyday psychopathy from clinical psychopathy?

  • Not violent but committing crimes
  • Violent and committing crimes
  • Not violent and not committing crimes (correct)
  • Violent but not committing crimes

    • What is the impact of genetics on clinical psychopathy?

    <p>Highly heritable but genetics is not the full answer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do people high in psychopathy respond to shock experiments and fear conditioning?

    <p>They don't feel much in terms of shock experiments and conditioning fear to objects</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the impact of atypical amygdala on people high in psychopathy?

    <p>Smaller volume and less reactivity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the effect of atypical orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) on individuals with psychopathy?

    <p>Impaired capacity for response reversal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes everyday psychopathy from clinical psychopathy?

    <p>Everyday psychopathy is not violent or criminal, while clinical psychopathy involves repeated trouble with the law and violence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What causes the emotional dysfunction and callousness in individuals with psychopathy?

    <p>Combination of genetic and environmental factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the impact of reinforcement values on individuals with psychopathy?

    <p>They have a hard time using reinforcement values to their outcome</p> Signup and view all the answers

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