The World Of A Psychopath

It is widely believed that psychopaths suffer a kind of emotional poverty that limits the range and depth of their feelings (Hare,1993), yet very little work examines psychopath’s experience of guilt specifically. A study conducted by Blair and colleagues 1995), examined psychopaths and non-psychopath controls ability to experience feelings of guilt over transgressions in hypothetical contexts. It revealed that the emotion experiences of both groups were very similar when the conditions elicited happiness, sadness, or embarrassment attributions, this proved that psychopaths are not globally incapable of experiencing emotions. However, one important distinction was made, in the guilt conditions the two groups differed significantly. Indeed, it provides more evidences that not

Our conscience is the indicator into what we think and the actions that follow our thinking process. It acts as a guide into different paths of behaviors, such as wrong and right. Sociopaths lack a conscience, have a personality disorder, and act uncontrollably in extreme, and violent behaviors when in encountered in unappealing situations. As “4% of people are sociopaths-1 in 25 people.”(10) Many sociopaths have the tendency to murder and harm others without feeling remorse for their actions. Martha Stout, the author of The Sociopath Next Door, really digs deep into the conscience of sociopaths and their cycle of thinking through many studies.

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.

Contrary to popular belief, according to Martha Stout in her book The Sociopath Next Door, only about 20% of these people are in prison. Sociopaths are smart and the psychological game they play is not always illegal and even when it is the authorities rarely get involved and civil attorneys seem to be very reluctant.

Psychopaths possibly have brain abnormalities which cause them to process emotions much differently than someone that is not a psychopath. With considering these personality traits, it is not shocking that researchers have shown that people diagnosed as a psychopath are more likely to engage in criminal and also violent behavior compared to people consider non psychopathic. It is known that psychopaths keep going on with their criminal careers long after others have aged out of their criminal behavior. Psychopaths are continuously in trouble and are more likely to end up in the penal institutions. Once these prisoners are released, they are three times more likely to re offend in a year and four more times likely to re offend violently, compared to non psychopaths.

The mind of a psychopath is truly a puzzle that amazes psychologists and non-psychologists alike. Serial killers, such as Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Dennis Radar, infamous for their psychopathic tendencies and the cold hearted nature of their killings shone a spotlight on world of psychopaths. Time and time again we see the portrayal of a psychopath as a violent individual who is dangerous to society, but not all psychopaths are the cunning serial killers that mainstream media makes them out to be. They are hidden amongst us. In fact, one in one hundred of people are reported to be psychopathic. They are hidden in everyday society in places where one could not fathom that they would exist. For a term so wildly thrown around in every-day

On the radio program they had two guests discussing the insights on the mind of a psychopath. The first guest was James Fallon, an author of The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain and a professor of psychiatry, neuroscience, human behavior and neurobiology at the University of California, Irvine, and apparently a self-confessed psychopath. The second guest was Mark Dadds, professor of clinical child psychology at the University of NSW and the director of the Child behavior research clinic. The first part of the discussion was with James Fallon, it was discussed how it came about that he himself was categorized as being borderline psychopath. During Fallon’s research quest on the psychopathic

“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

Psychopaths pose a challenge for theorists as to their debatable degree of moral and legal responsibility for their actions, as the capacities needed to assign such attributions to an individual may not be present. As psychopaths are able to see the world as it is with no delusions of a false reality they are able to practically apply reason in an effort to pursue their own goals. However, they seem unable to maintain control of their behaviours when placed in a moral situation when their goals are in congruence with the morally negligent path. This is due to their lack of empathy and an inability to see purpose in treating others in a morally acceptable

Most of the time, Psychopaths are very hard to distinguish from the general population. Many of them are exceptionally good at maintaining a functional social life. Socially integrated psychopaths are like reptiles. To be unnoticed, they have ways of blending into their surroundings. Sometimes, they are very educated, and often, their come from middle or upper-class families. They are verbally skillful being able to carry almost any type of conversation.

Believe it or not, many people in today’s society cannot really distinguish between the two terms, psychopath and sociopath. Back in the early 1800s, the doctors that were working with mental patients began to realize that some of their patients who appeared outwardly normal had what they termed a “moral depravity” or “moral insanity”. These patients seemed to have no sense of the rights of other people, or even of ethics in general. The term psychopath was initially applied to these individuals around the beginning of the twentieth century. In the 1930s, the term switched to sociopath to focus more heavily on the detrimental effect that these people can have on

To illustrate, studies have shown that five to ten percent of the population qualify as psychopathic, twenty percent of that comes from corporate leaders, all who mostly

Research shows that just 1% of the population are psychopaths and have the potential to carry out fatal criminal acts, but many do not; instead they blend into society, living normal lives. Despite this, 20 to 25% of prisoners are psychopaths, which is a significant amount compared to the number in the world, showing they do tend to carry out criminal acts.

It is estimated that 1% of the population is psychopathic and yet, they commit more than 50% of serious crimes and their crime recidivism is three times more likely than other criminals (how to create a psychopath). It is irrefutable that despite the fact that psychopaths do not comprise much of the population, they are dangerous and menacing to society. Their crimes are callous and gruesome, and often have a profound impact on society as psychopaths prey on as many people as they can, particularly vulnerable people, until they satisfy their needs. They cannot seem to distinguish between moral and conventional transgressions. To them, everything is conventional. They have little or no morality due to the fact that their frontal lobe is malfunctioning and fails to restrain them from harming someone or committing a crime. Justice provides a security blanket for all members of society. They desire that sense of safety and knowledge that the world is in order. Psychopaths walk among us and some are dangerous which causes a dilemma for society whether to lock them up and achieve justice for society or allow them to roam freely to achieve justice for psychopaths as a minority. Psychopaths continue to pose a threat to society primarily due to the fact that they suffer from a severe personality disorder that may cause them to act on their malicious whims at any time. Psychopaths seem less threatening to society when they are out of sight and locked away.

We all know the terms sociopath and psychopath. These words are used interchangeably but mean two different things. Sociopaths are driven: they know what they want and will do whatever they have to do to get it. He or she will try to charm a person, they use this as a way to manipulate their targets. These people are con artists. Psychopaths have a hard time functioning in society. We all feel as if we all view the world in the same way. The public assumes we all have the same basic ideas of right and wrong, but psychopaths do not see the world like the rest of us. They feel no remorse and feel very little emotion. Psychopaths are intelligent with high IQ’s and are very patient and willing to wait for what they want, but just like the sociopath they will do whatever to get that. Have you ever stopped to think what causes these people to think and act in criminal behavior? The cause of criminal behavior can be broken down into three