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 (B)</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 (D)</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 (B)</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 (B)</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 (B)</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 (D)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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