What major language characteristics did Hancock want to examine?
Instrumental nature (more usage of subordinating conjunctions e.g. because since). Unique material and social emotional needs (food,sex,drinks). Emotional deficits (distancing, few emotional words, disfluencies)
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What type of interviews did Hancock use?
Semi-structured
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How were the narratives were subsequently transcribed and analysed?
through content analysis using the Wmatrix and the DAL
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How was psychopathy measured?
Pschopathy Checklist Revised
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Describe the sample used in Hancock's study
52 male murderers (14 psycho, 38 non psycho). Mean age 28.9 years.
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What did the prisoner had to describe during this study?
Their crime in detail and stories were taped transcribed and subjected to computer analysis
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What score on the PCL-R did they have to have to be classified as a psychopath?
25/40 (normally 30/40)
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Who were the interviewers?
2 senior psychology students and 1 research assistant (non of them were aware of the psycho score)
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How long did the interview last?
About 25 minutes
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What did the Wmatrix do?
Compared parts of speech and analyse semantic concepts contained in psychopath and control corpora
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Why was the Dictionary of Affect in Language (DAL) used?
Software programme used to examine the affective tone of words
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Outline the results of this study in terms of physical and social needs
Psychopaths used twice as many words relating to physical needs. Non-psychopaths used more words about social needs
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Outline the other results of this study
Psychopaths used more conjunctions, contained higher speech disfluencies, used more past tense, more detachment words, and less emotional words.
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Outline 2 of Hancock's conclusions
It might be possible to screen people suspected of violent crimes because knowing a suspect is psychopathic could inform strategies for pursuit or interrogation. Psychopath's view is fundamentally different from the rest of human species.
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What type of interviews did Hancock use?
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Semi-structured
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How were the narratives were subsequently transcribed and analysed?
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