Psychopathic Traits and Everyday Social Behaviour
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............................................................................................... 3 Acknowledgments ................................................................................... 4 Table of contents ..................................................................................... 5 List of tables ........................................................................................... 13 List of figures............................................................................................ 14 Part 1: Literature review ............................................................................15 Introduction to literature review .................................................................... 15 Chapter 1: Conceptualising psychopathy .......................................................... 16 1.
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