Describe the Basic Features of Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Essay

Describe the basic features of antisocial personality disorder. Why is psychotherapy with this population so likely to fail?

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Definitions:

Double-Blind Experiment

A study in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, used to eliminate bias.

Confounded

A situation in statistical analysis where the effect of one variable on an outcome cannot be separated from the effect of another variable, potentially leading to misleading conclusions.

Biased

Showing an unreasonable like or dislike for a person based on personal opinions.

Response Variable

A variable (often denoted as Y) that represents the outcome or the effect in a study or experiment, influenced by the explanatory variables.