Thursday, September 9, 2021

socio- vs psychopath

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201801/the-differences-between-psychopaths-and-sociopaths

a. commonalities

antisocial personality disorders (dsm5)

disregard laws & social norms

fail to feel REMORSE or GUILT

tend to be violent or have aggressive behaviors

b. differences

1. sociopaths = environmental (trauma & abuse), sporadic crimes, usu jobless & uneducated, can empathize with a few people only

2. psychopaths = genetic inability to control impulse & emotions, well-planned (cool, calm, meticulous) crimes (sometimes with contingency plans), usu with job & well-educated, ~50% of serial killers; MANIPULATIVE, MIMIC emotions, others = objects of amusement; "the most dangerous of antisocial PDs" 

 

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