Hare Psychopathy Checklist

Psychopaths and sociopaths In hollywood there's been multiple movies where there is a mindless killer on the loose, psychopath and sociopath are what they call pop psychology terms for a certain antisocial personality disorder. These terms are not well defined this way compared to the literary use of them. Differences between the two Psychopaths and sociopaths are not the same but they both have have some similar traits such as; brake or ovoid the law, lie and deceive, impulsive, aggressive,…

I have been curious as to what psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder is, as are other people. We often associate psychopaths to crazy, killers, or our exes. I have done that a time or five myself. Now, bear with me here because a lot is still left to discover about psychopaths and antisocial personality disorder. Some common questions I have asked myself (and researched) and others may have wondered are the ones not completely answered yet. What is antisocial personality disorder?…

Psychopath vs Sociopath The words Sociopath and Psychopath have frequently used interchangeably. This however is not the case, they are different in the ways that they act and think. Though there are some similarities to them as well. The main things that seem to cause this would be the way their brain works, which seems to be due to a multitude of factors. A Psychopath is someone who shows signs of amoral and antisocial behaviors. The tend to have issues when it comes to loving others. This…

The Three Sociopaths Jeffrey Dahmer, Adolf Hitler, and the Joker. Even though one of the names stated above is fictional, they all have something in common. They suffer from a severe mental disorder with aggressive antisocial behavior and a lack of conscience. This is known as a sociopath. In the book The Dinner, the Lohman family (Paul, Claire, and Michel) are all sociopaths. As stated above, the definition of a sociopath is “a person with aggressive antisocial behavior which is mainly…

Psychopathology is a discipline under the career of Forensic Psychology that can spark interests within a lot of people, that they may not even knew they had. With shows such as Criminal Minds, Making a Murderer, and the Forensic Files available to the public, it is easy to develop curiousity about how the mind works. Though the brain is generally wired the same within every human being in regards to anatomy, there are differences in how people react to the same things. These small variations…

Psychopaths can be anywhere from the streets of your city to the alleys of your neighborhood, psychopaths can even be in the stories you read like Montresor from "The Cask of Amontillado". The Montresor from "The Cask of Amontillado" is a psychopath because he does not have feelings, he is very charming, crazy, sneaky, grandiose self worth, manipulative, and has no regret for Fanything that he has done; in fact he is happy that he has done what he did. "Fortunato had hurt me a thousand times and…

Psychopath vs Sociopath: How are they Different There are lots of similarities between a psychopath and a sociopath but lots of people just group them together as the same thing. There are a couple similarities but most importantly, a lot of differences. Psychiatrists group them both as having an antisocial personality. A psychopath though is “born with a genetic predisposition that is known to regulate emotions and impulse control”, when a sociopath tends to be made by outside forces such as…

Psychotic Tendencies Allie McConnell Brenau University Psychotic Tendencies Antisocial personality disorder, otherwise known as psychopathy, is a personality disorder in which a person has a lack of conscience for wrongdoing (Myers 2014). They tend to be aggressive and ruthless (Myers 2014). In American Psycho the lead character Patrick Bateman exhibits many different characteristics of an extreme case of antisocial personality disorder. Mr. Bateman is an extremely…

The theory I believed to connect and identify with the character Mr. Brooks is, personality theory, he seemed to have a personality disturbance or alter ego that fueled his compulsions to committing murder. Mr. Brooks seemed to be a well known successful businessman amongst his peers, but nothing other than psychopath who indulged in his pleasurable addiction of killing. “ The Personality theory is built on the area of cognitive science, including personality disturbances, the process of moral…

documentary film, The Corporation, the six symptoms of psychopathy taken from the World Health Organization’s Manual of Mental Disorders, were applied to the corporate world today. One by one, the documentary listed all six symptoms and began to check off each symptom that the corporation world is presenting. All six symptoms were checked, proving that the corporate “person” today could rightly be diagnosed with the mental disorder of Psychopathy. The six symptoms that the corporate form is…