The Association Between Cognitive Empathy And Primary And...

PSYC121: Introduction to Psychology 1 The Association Between Cognitive Empathy and Primary and Secondary Psychopathy Tuaraki Peita 300251394 Tutor’s Name: Jacinta Cording Wednesday, 5:10-7pm, EA404B Abstract This study investigated the association between psychopathy (primary and secondary) and cognitive empathy among 452 first-year psychology university students. A correlational design was used where the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test (Baron-Cohen, 2001, cited in Richell et. al., 2003) and the Self-Report Psychopathy Scales (Levenson et. al. 1995) were delivered online to each participant individually. Raw responses were totalled to achieve a total score for each predictor variable where means and standard deviations were then calculated. We found Primary psychopathy was negatively correlated with cognitive empathy whereas we found no significant correlation between secondary psychopathy and cognitive empathy. The Association Between Cognitive Empathy and Primary and Secondary Psychopathy A number of studies have examined the relationship between Cognitive Empathy and Primary and Secondary Psychopathy (e.g Levenson et. al., 1995; Richell et. al., 2003; Ali Chamorro-Premuzic, 2010). Affective Empathy is described as the ability to feel other individual’s emotions whereas Cognitive Empathy is described as being able to infer individual’s mental states (Jolliffe Farrington, 2004, cited in Ali Chamorro-Premuzic). According to Richell et. al.Show MoreRelatedThe Association Between Primary And Secondary Psychopathy And Cognitive Empathy1554 Words   |  7 Pagesdesign to investigate the association between primary and secondary psychopathy and cognitive empathy. 452 first year psychology students completed Levenson, Kiehl and Fitzpatrick’s (1995) Levenson self-report Psychopathy scale (LSRP) and Baron-Cohen, Wheelwright, Hill, Raste and Plumb’s (2001) Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET). A significant negative correlation was found betwe en primary psychopathy and empathy while the correlation for secondary psychopathy and empathy was insignificant. FromRead MoreCorrelation Between First And Secondary Psychopathy And Cognitive Empathy Essay1284 Words   |  6 Pagesthe correlations between First and Secondary Psychopathy and Cognitive Empathy. We developed two hypotheses, (the first based off our intel from Chamorro-Premuzic, 2010) that Primary Psychopathy and Empathy will be negatively correlated whereas Secondary Psychopathy and Empathy will be positively correlated . Our subject pool consisted of 452 participants, 113 male and 339 female, where they completed a questionnaire of 2-parts; each part determinant of either Psychopathy or Empathy. The scores wereRead MoreCorrelation Between Secondary And Secondary Students On Empathy, And Was Conducted By Applying Levenson s Srps And Tom1437 Words   |  6 Pagesstudy was to determine whether primary and secondary psychopaths had deficiencies in empathy, and was cond ucted by applying Levenson’s SRPS and ToM test to a non-institutionalized group. Studies show that psychopathic individuals have no deficiency with empathy, and support the first hypothesis of a negative correlation between primary psychopathy and empathy. The study doesn’t support the second hypothesis of a negative correlation between secondary psychopathy and empathy, with no evidence to support