Psychopathy

Proven Guilty Tamora Pierce, a young adult author, once said, “It’s harder to heal than it is to kill” (Pierce). Sarah Koenig, the producer of “Serial,” has informed listeners that on January 13, 1999, Hae Min Lee, a student at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore, Maryland, was strangled to death. She broke up with her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed, then almost immediately started dating a new guy named Don. The ex-boyfriend would be pretty jealous, right? Adnan Syed is guilty of the murder of Hae Min…

God created us all perfect because each one of us has our own uniqueness. We may have some things in common, but no one is alike. Some people are right handed, some people are left handed. Some have hazel eyes, green eyes, and some brown eyes. Most importantly, we're all made for a purpose. However, there are some people in this world whose characters, habits, and moral behaviors are very inhuman. These individuals’ cruel acts so that they have no remorse and empathy for others. These people are…

Antisocial personality disorder is a mental health disorder characterized by disregard for other people according to sources. Antisocial personality can be caused by genetic factors and environmental factors as well. People who are predisposed to a parent that is antisocial and one that is an alcoholic are at an increased risk to this disorder. There are two behavior traits within this disorder and it makes up a sociopath and psychopath. Sociopaths usually have the tendency to be more impulsive…

Frederick West’s behavior is clearly defined by the symptoms of Antisocial Personality Disorder paired with several types of sexual paraphilia’s. Fred West did not show any remorse for his victims, even when it came to his own children. He abducted young girls, rape and tortured them, then eventually killed them and dismembered their bodies. Fred West used his wife Rosemary to his advantage to make young girls more likely to get into his car during his abductions. Fred often switched jobs,…

Charles Manson once said, “remorse for what? You people have done everything in the world to me. Doesn’t that give me equal right.” this quote is similar to what a sociopath would say. A sociopath is an individual with a personality disorder. This disorder displays itself with extreme antisocial attitudes, behavior, and a lack of conscience. Sociopaths and psychopaths are both interchangeable and are both considered to be social predators. Although sociopathy seems to portray itself as mad, it…

Even after extensive research, the epidemiology of ADHD is still hard to pinpoint. Most health professionals believe that the disorder is a neurological disorder that is present at birth or develops during early childhood, but some do disagree. The disorder has a prevalence of approximately 5-12% in children, 8.7% in adolescents, and 4% adults. From a genetic basis, it has been determined that ADHD has a heritability rate that ranges from 75-91%, and parents and siblings of a child with ADHD are…

ASPD: antisocial personality disorder also know as dissocial personality disorder and Sociopathy is a personality disorder that is oftentimes characterized by a pattern of disregard, or the violation of, the rights of others (Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 2014). With this diagnosis usually comes an impoverished sense of moral conscience. Usually a history of violence, impulsivity, aggressive behavior, crime and legal problems are present. The often try to con or trick…

A lot of people may ask why do people kill. Are these people aware of their wrong doing? Most people would argue these questions. What if they kill because of their physical makeup or upbringing. Many people believe that the nurture theory is the more likely concept to believe; serial killers are created from a bad childhood including molestation as a kid, or abuse (“Are murderers born”). Is it possible to be born as a killer genetically? The nature theory is where sociologist, and psychologist…

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,…

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…