A criticism of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised is that it fails to assess the following key feature of Cleckley's conception of psychopathy:

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The Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) has been criticized for not adequately assessing the absence of anxiety, which is a key feature of Cleckley's conception of psychopathy. Cleckley emphasized the lack of typical anxiety responses as a central characteristic of psychopaths, which is not directly measured by the PCL-R.

A Criticism of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised Is That It Fails