Effects Of Sociopathy

Individuals with psychopathic personality are characterized by a constellation of traits, including interpersonal-affective features such as superficial charm, manipulation, lack of affect and emotion, and antisocial features such as impulsivity and aggression. (Gao, 2011). These traits in turn have been linked to a disregard for laws and social mores, a disregard for the right of others, a failure to feel remorse or guilt and a tendency to display violent behavior (Kennedy, 1954). Furthermore, their interpersonal behavior has been described as selfish, dominant, manipulative, and superficial; showing a lack of responsibility within relationships; and inability to form long-lasting bonds. Psychopaths are described

. This precise mind-set simplifies the horrific and callous actions a psychopath would so easily commit. The horrific execution psychopaths apply to their homicides is the difference between a psychopathic murder and a non-psychopathic murder. The psychopathic murder is a demonstration of premediated instrumental aggression opposite to non-psychopathic impulsive aggression. Psychopathic instrumental aggression is more of a planned attack against a precise victim Cima, M.)., & Van Oorsouw, K.). (2013). Due to their emotional shallowness, lack of moral and social norms, and their manipulative behavior, psychopaths can more easily engage in planned offenses to serve a specific goal Blair, R. (2003). If you try to consider how an individual could

Psychopathy, in both the mental health and criminal justice systems, has emerged as one of the most important clinical constructs of the 21st century (Hare, Clark, Grann, & Thornton, 2000, p. 623). Where clinically, psychopathy is traditionally described as a combination of inferred socially deviant behaviors and personality traits. Some traits and behaviors a psychopath is seen to possess are commonly known, for example, to being impulsive, selfish, aggressive, lacking remorse, shame, feeling for others, pathologically lying, and having asocial or antisocial behaviors (Hare, & Neumann, 2006, p. 59-60). One of the reasons as to why psychopathy has come to see an increase in the development of its theoretical and applied interest is the

In fact,because psychopaths are not able to feel empathy involuntarily, they are able to turn the feeling on. It is very common for psychopaths to have “ a false belief in their own superiority, a sense of entitlement and a complete disregard for social norms” (Paula, year). Psychopathy had recently been changed into ‘antisocial personality disorder’ in the updated version of the FBI’s mental health book, DSM-III. It was changed for the reason of the personality not always being reliable, as well as psychopathy symptoms crossing over antisocial personality disorder symptoms. Another reason for the change was because it is believed that focusing on behavior instead of the why helped identify the disorder easier. The new research was highly and widely discussed among many physicians because some felt unsure of the change, but they were also for the change with consideration of the evidence that was found. The usual psychopath is not found to be violent. If they are violent, they are considered more dangerous than others and will most likely reoffend sooner and worse than the first time. Between psychopaths and non psychopaths, psychopaths have a longer criminal history which varies in crimes. Their patterns are unique when compared to a non psychopath, but due to their inability to have emotion, they are able to be more observant on their next chosen

Psychopathy and Sociopathy have become interchangeable, even though the diction of each can greatly affect a sense of concern to a person. The word psychopath is normally pared with the word killer, making it seem more serious than sociopath.The definition of sociopath is “a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience.’ where the definition of a psychopath is a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as a moral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.” These kinds of people are normally viewed as extremely violent and are mostly in prison, but “Roughly one in 25 Americans is a sociopath,” according to Harvard psychologist Dr. Martha Stout, author of The Sociopath Next Door. The thought that someone you see every single day, could be a sociopath is staggering, and once learning more about it, and why it is caused, you can them know how to react in an appropriate manner.

The idea of a sociopath regardless of how long studied leaves many unanswered questions. For years people have asked, how could a human have the capability to doing that to another being? Clearly the answer is not clear, whether one is born with this disorder that differentiates them from the rest….or over time he/ she has developed it through hardships in life. It is clear to say that sociopaths are bad people, but are they really? Due to a sociopaths lack of empathy they are unable to feel anything at all so they are able to treat a life like an object instead of something that is much more complex.

The media’s focus on the highly publicized trials of notorious mass murders, such as Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Ted Kaczynski has spurred society’s fascination with psychopaths. Hollywood’s consistent production of films portraying psychopaths, like Silence of the Lambs and American Psycho, is illustrative of the public’s removed curiosity with the mad. Psychopathy, a misunderstood behavioral disorder, traverses the fine line between the mentally ill and the evil. Unfortunately, the perceptions established through popular media prejudice our overall ideologies on the mentally ill, specifically those suffering

One may predict that placing psychopaths in therapy may help make them become less violent or help rectify their actions in some way. Before reading this book, I already knew that, while this may be true for more normal individuals, this is false in regards to psychopaths. However, this novel made it more clear for me as to why therapy would not work. This is because, in order for therapy to work properly, the patient must recognize that there is something wrong. With psychopaths, they “feel they don’t have psychological or emotional problems, and they see no reason to change their behavior to conform to societal standards with which they do not agree” (195). This statement addresses one of the reasons as to why serial killers are able to serially kill. They do not see a problem with what they are doing, ergo making it impossible to get them to stop or

In the article the writer speaks about her life experiences as a sociopath. She shows how, she is not a murderer or criminal, and she contributes to society by donating 10% of her salary to charity, and teaches Sunday school for the Mormon Church, all while being a trial lawyer. However,the writer explains how as a child she often found herself conflicting pain onto others physically and emotionally. I snuck into people's homes and rearranged their belongings. “I broke things, burned things, and bruised people.”This behavior, was casual for her and she didn't realize what she was doing was wrong. Later in the article the writer speaks on her childhood at home, and how she believed her sociopathy was triggered largely because she never learned

Throughout the article Confessions of a Sociopath, the author shows what it is like for a sociopath to function in society. The author deals with anger and human interactions much differently than normal people would. Although she has an unearthly urge to harm people who upset her, she refrains and tends to bottle that hate and let her conscious mind realize what she is thinking is morally wrong. The author gives an example of when she was not glad her father had hurt himself rather that he had consciously committed an action out of such passion is what she was mad at. This shows how she wants to strip her father of even his comprehensive ability to love or make decisions based on emotions. It is an extremely evil and devious way of going about

These three questions lead the discussion-based book to a cohesive understanding and theorization of psychopathy (Hare, 1993). Hare begins the novel by giving a few horrific examples of psychopathy in action. One story in particular that was significantly disturbing was one about a man who murdered his girlfriend’s infant child by picking it

Serial killers often commit murder for some sort of psychological benefit. As research continues in the studying of the brain of serial killers, it is safe to say that they (serial killers) have some form of brain abnormalities. Biologically speaking, Neuroscientists have discovered that a psychopath’s brain has a noticeably thinner tissue in the subcortical areas. If this tissue is damaged, or even possibly underdeveloped, then that person may have a decreased ability to process feelings or even link emotional value to certain experiences. This explains a great deal about a psychopath’s behaviour and why they have difficulty feeling different emotions. With regards to psychopaths, a weak paralimbic system leads to the weakening of their ego

“Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterized by an inability to form human attachment, aggressive narcissism, and antisocial behavior defined by a constellation of affective, interpersonal and behavioral characteristics, most of which society views as pejorative” [1]. Some of these characteristics include irresponsibility, grandiosity, cunning, deceitfulness, selective impulsivity, sexual promiscuity, lack of empathy, etc. People who are psychopathic display not only antisocial behavior but also emotional impairment such as the lack of guilt. They are able to prey on others using their charm, deceit, violence or any other methods that allow them to get what they want. A strong feature of most of the behavior

When you hear the words sociopath or psychopath you usually know right away that the person with that disorder is a killer and needs to be put away in jail. But have you ever wondered where that disorder comes from. Research shows that psychopath tends to be the result of genetics. Studies have shown that a psychopath usually has an underdeveloped brain that is responsible for impulse control and emotions. Sociopathy tends to come from a childhood trauma or some type of physical, emotional abuse, which is why sociopath is more of an environment disorder. When a sociopath commits a murder, it is usually a disorganized event or its rather spontaneous than planned. A sociopath can be really attached to a group or an individual which makes them dangerous because they have no regard for society or its rules. When it comes to the crimes of a psychopath they tend to be planned and they always have a contingency plan in place. Another major difference between a sociopath and a psychopath is that a psychopath is always cool and calm unlike a sociopath. This allows a psychopath to leave few clues when it comes to authorities investigating the crimes. When it comes to society psychopaths are more dangerous than sociopath. The reason for that is that psychopaths have no guilt when it comes to them committing their crimes. When committing a crime, they suffer no emotional repercussions and that allows them to continue with murdering people.

In his essay “World Gone Mad” Derrick Jensen gives his readers an insight on psychopathic behaviors found in our culture today. He does this by giving a personal experience at a convention where he left completely distraught at the lack of empathy and concern for, essentially, anything that is not human. He goes on to give readers, excerpts from in formation he found through the World Health Organization. He describes in great detail the correlation between the characteristics of sociopaths and the way culture views non-human things today.