Hancock et al.'s Study on the Language of Psychopaths
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- Created on: 06-12-19 17:44
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2. Which of these statements is incorrect?
- The study had integrity as the participants weren't lied to
- Participants were debriefed
- The interview collected largely quantitative data as most of the questions were closed
- Participants were able to give informed consent as what was going to happen was discussed at the start of the interview
3. Which of these isn't correct about the validity of the study?
- It has high construct validity as a number of closed questions were asked which had been checked to make sure they related to relevant characteristics of remorse
- It lacked validity as some of the crimes were a long time ago, and the details may have been forgotten
- It has high validity as the measures used were valid
- It lacks validity due to social desirability
4. What was the aim of the study
- To see whether psychopaths talk about their crime in a different way to non-psychopaths
- To gain a better understanding of psychopathic traits to help protect people from them
- To see if it's possible to identify a psychopath from their language
- To further investigate the characteristics of psychopaths
5. How many more disfluencies did psychopaths have compared to non-psychopaths?
- 102%
- 33%
- 86%
- 62%
- 17%
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