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What does the author consider as 'permanent' in personality psychology?
Traits
What constitutes personality types in personality psychology?
Clusters of traits
What is the controversial idea discussed in the text regarding zero degrees of empathy?
There is at least one way where zero degrees of empathy can be positive.
How does the author describe the three types of people with zero degrees of empathy mentioned in the text?
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What would be 'very welcome' according to the text?
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What concept has the author re-cast 'personality disorders' as in the text?
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What is the main reason the individual avoids social gatherings like parties?
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How does the individual react when he believes someone is wrong?
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Why do other people often feel uncomfortable when the individual tries to persuade them of his position?
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What does the individual assert about topics he doesn't know about?
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How does the individual prefer conversations to be structured?
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Why does the individual insist on everything being in its own place at home?
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What is the man's typical reaction when he feels people are not giving him enough attention?
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How does the man treat people who are in a position of influence and could be of some help to him?
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What does the man do when he feels important?
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How does the man react when he goes to the local church community centre and people ask him how he is?
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What is the man's perspective on people who cannot give him anything that he needs?
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What is the man's typical reaction when his children visit or phone him?
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What are the two areas of the brain that can trigger reactive aggression?
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What can cause the amygdala to be overactive, leading to over-reactive aggression?
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What is the role of the prefrontal cortex in relation to reactive aggression?
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What is the Violence Inhibition Mechanism (VIM) model proposed by James Blair?
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What can cause the prefrontal cortex to be under-active, leading to reactive aggression?
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What does NIH cognitive neuroscientist James Blair's model argue about our reaction to conspecific's distress?
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What is affected in the same way in individuals who lose their empathy, regardless of whether they become Type B or Type P?
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What is predicted to be found in Type N individuals in terms of neural circuitry?
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What is the distinction made between in personality psychology in relation to fluctuations in a psychological or neural system?
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What are examples of short-term states that can compromise empathy?
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What is the feeling of regret a sign of in relation to empathy?
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What is the common endpoint in individuals who lose their empathy, regardless of whether they become Type B, Type P, or Type N?
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