Question

Charlie regularly gets into fights, has a pattern of lying, and often dodges creditors who want him to pay his long-overdue debts. Matt is known for his smooth charm, his lack of concern for the individuals he hurts, and his pattern of manipulation. Which of the following statements describes the difference between Charlie and Matt?
A. Because Charlie's behaviors are observable, he fits the antisocial personality behavior profile, while Matt's behaviors reflect psychopathy.
B. Charlie and Matt both reflect behaviors specific to psychopathy.
C. Because Charlie's behaviors are observable, he fits the psychopathy behavior profile, while Matt's behaviors reflect antisocial personality disorder.
D. Charlie and Matt both reflect behaviors specific to antisocial personality disorder.

Answer 1

Answer:

Because Charlie's behaviors are observable, he fits the antisocial personality

Explanation:

Charlie regularly gets into fights, has a pattern of lying, and often dodges creditors who want him to pay his long-overdue debts. Matt is known for his smooth charm, his lack of concern for the individuals he hurts, and his pattern of manipulation. The statements that describes the difference between Charlie and Matt is because Charlie's behaviors are observable, he fits the antisocial personality.

Answer 2

Answer:

D. Charlie and Matt both reflect behaviors specific to antisocial personality disorder

Explanation:

Antisocial personality disorder is a type of personality disorder that is characterised by impulsive, irresponsible and often criminal actions or behaviour. Someone with antisocial personality disorder will be typically very manipulative, deceitful and reckless, and also without care for other people's feelings. They don't have conscience because they mental disorder is characterized by high disregard for other people's feelings.

Symptoms of Antisocial Personality Disorder begins to manifest in childhood and it becomes more pronounced while the person goes into adolescence and adulthood. Which is when its usually diagnosed.

Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by patterns of manipulation and violation of others, and the other symptoms in the first paragraph.

Its cause is idiopathic but Genetic and environmental factors can be pointed at as contributory factors to the development of this condition. Hence Child abuse and People with an antisocial or alcoholic parent are at higher risk of developing this Mental disorder. And it affects more men than women. People with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) can be witty, charming, and fun to be around also in addition to the negative characters mentioned earlier.

Treatment of ASPD includes Long talks with a therapist that would include the patient and his/her parents and family.

But ASPD can not really be treated but medications can help curb symptoms.

From these explanations and looking at the behavior of Charlie and Matt, you can see that they both exhibit behaviors specific to Antisocial Personality Disorders.