sociopath
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Professor Kets de Vries says the world can neatly be divided into three distinct behavioural groups: sociopaths , psychopaths and what he calls ‘normopaths’, or excessively normal people.
a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience.
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He or she may be a 'sociopath' , a psychopath, or simply a good liar.
Franklin was a manipulative murderer and quite possibly a 'sociopath' .
The term antisocial personality is often used interchangeably with psychopath or 'sociopath' and is connotative of many forms of deviant behavior.
While I'm well aware I have many mental issues, I know I can never be a 'sociopath' because guilt and shame are my two oldest friends.
There's no universally agreed upon difference between the word 'sociopath' and psychopath.
I see ‘evil’ being the actions of a person who chooses to be a 'sociopath' , someone who knows right and wrong and chooses wrong.
Isn't consistently showing a lack of remorse or regret symptomatic of psychopathy or 'sociopathy' ?
The Card Perseveration Task was developed by Siegel to assist in measuring pathology in 'sociopaths' , specifically, the apparent inability to respond to punishment.
For example, prospectively matching alcoholic patients to cognitive behavioral therapy or interactional therapy based on levels of 'sociopathy' and psychiatric severity was found to reduce negative consequences of drinking.
His borderline 'sociopathic' behaviour leads him into violent confrontations, wherein he's ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
Jason Soon has an interesting post drawing attention to research suggesting a link between psychopathic and 'sociopathic' personalities and abnormal brain development.
But the claim that some sociopaths are born does not preclude the possibility that some 'sociopaths' are made.
With the exception of 'sociopaths' , who are expert liars, most people sound tense, their voices highly pitched, when they fib.
Professor Kets de Vries says the world can neatly be divided into three distinct behavioural groups: 'sociopaths' , psychopaths and what he calls ‘normopaths’, or excessively normal people.
While the film is engrossing, its bleak message doesn't resonate for long because we've heard it before: society gets the homicidal 'sociopaths' it deserves and there's plenty of blame to spread around.
If these defects lie in all of us, which of course they do to some extent, then looking at a more comprehensive list of symptoms for 'sociopathy' and psychopathy might lead the way.
But what's not clear is if this is pathological lying to an extreme, so that it indicates actually a character flaw, anti-social personality or 'sociopathy' which is found in many criminals.
Modern scholarship has shown Lucrezia to be a rather unfortunate young woman who was the victim of her mad brother's 'sociopathy' and her father's ruthless ambition.
Some violent offenders are not 'sociopathic' or psychopathic, yet probably about 20 percent of the prison population is diagnosable as being psychopathic.
The complaint seems to be that the majority of the people leaving comments are negative creeps, violent 'sociopaths' or people with no sense of decorum, politeness or appropriateness.
Dramatic mental failures of this sort shade into failures of empathy, a deficit found in many 'sociopaths' , who also show reduced function of the frontal cortices.
No society has yet been able to free itself of 'sociopaths' , extreme bigots, and aggressive personalities.
Some people are clearly 'sociopaths' while others are so delusional that it is clearly unfair to expect them to behave in a rational manner.
Psycopaths or 'sociopaths' are not mad, they have personality disorders which cannot be cured as they are ingrained into a person's psyche.
Even highly skilled mental health professionals are often fooled by 'sociopaths' , and the narcissistic behavior they exhibit is extraordinarily effective in manipulating and controlling their victims.
He's grown into a troubled and 'sociopathic' adult.
I have learned that these people are 'sociopaths' with no thought whatsoever for what happens to other creatures.
Some individuals may well have a genetic propensity for aggression or for mental instability - or even for 'sociopathic' behavior.
Internet discussion groups at times appear to be founts of perspicacity and wisdom, at other times the ultimate refuge for 'sociopaths' releasing years of pent-up frustration.
Indeed, these very same people are the most vicious 'sociopaths' when it comes to beating down, and destroying the careers of, talented people below them who they perceive as a threat.
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