[tips] Can Psychopathic Traits Be Adaptive?

2012-09-16 Thread Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D.
On Sep 15, 2012, at 5:47 PM, Beth Benoit wrote: I was chagrined to see our Scott Lilienfeld's name hooked up with this story. I didn't have the same reaction (i.e., chagrin). And I know that others have studied correlations between psychopathic traits (which, of course, are dimensional) and

RE: [tips] Can Psychopathic Traits Be Adaptive?

2012-09-16 Thread Lilienfeld, Scott O
Hi All - Sorry to be a bit delayed in responding. My time is very limited (dealing with some deadlines), so I will need to be relatively succinct (they may not seem succinct, but I have a lot more to say!) in my responses below. (1) Re: Beth's original email, the Huffington Post article (note

RE: [tips] Can Psychopathic Traits Be Adaptive?

2012-09-16 Thread Michael Palij
Scott, I appreciate the time pressures you must be under, so I will understand if it takes you a while to respond to what I say below (if you find the time at all). I just want to make a couple of clarifying statements that indicate what my thinking is. I will cut to the main points directly. On