About the lecture

In this lecture, we think about the language of psychopaths, focusing in particular on: (i) understanding the difference between presenting abnormal behaviours in response to specific things, and demonstrating more comprehensive abnormality in behaviour; (ii) the definition of a psychopath; (iii) Hancock’s 2011 study looking specifically at murderers; (iv) characteristics and language traits of psychopaths when discussing themselves; (v) the complexity of psychopathy and how it can present problems with all types of social interactions.

About the lecturer

Dr Ayoub Bouguettaya is a lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham. Dr Bouguettaya’s research interests are in social psychology and how knowledge from that field can be applied to others, particularly health, including how we can apply social identity theory to societal problems, as well as investigating the different perspectives one might take on those issues. Some of Dr Bouguettaya’s recent publications include 'The relationship between gambling advertising and gambling attitudes, intentions and behaviours: a critical and meta-analytic review' (2020) and 'The Effect of a Food Addiction Explanation Model for Weight Control and Obesity on Weight Stigma' (2020).