What is the difference between a psychopath and sociopath?
In your view, what is the difference? Has the difference been made up? I think a sociopath is a psychopath.
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tenente · 100+, M
i don't know anything. both are antisocial disorders. i think psychopath lacks emotions while sociopaths get angry or pissed off at little things. also, aren't psychopaths deliberate while sociopaths are impulsive? idk...
emiliya · 22-25, F
@tenente An NIH article says:
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If there are psychopaths who appear more controlled than other psychopaths, it is a personality trait, or maybe they are older and wiser.
I know there is a disorder called “antisocial personality disorder”, and this can be diagnosed. There is also a PCL-R test, which is used “to assess the presence and extent of psychopathy in individuals.”
Psychopaths are people and they are flawed. Some are older than others, some have more experience than others, and some will be more sensitive to different provocation than others. The idea of “sociopath” is poorly explained and seems to come from a misunderstanding of psychopath.
Psychopathy is a disorder characterized in part by shallow emotional responses, lack of empathy, impulsivity, and an increased likelihood for antisocial behavior (Cleckley, 1941; Hare, 1996). Psychopaths are responsible for an inordinate proportion of crime committed (Kiehl & Hoffman, 2011), and their conning, manipulative interpersonal style typically has a broad, destructive impact on the individuals’ life, work, and relationships.
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If there are psychopaths who appear more controlled than other psychopaths, it is a personality trait, or maybe they are older and wiser.
I know there is a disorder called “antisocial personality disorder”, and this can be diagnosed. There is also a PCL-R test, which is used “to assess the presence and extent of psychopathy in individuals.”
Psychopaths are people and they are flawed. Some are older than others, some have more experience than others, and some will be more sensitive to different provocation than others. The idea of “sociopath” is poorly explained and seems to come from a misunderstanding of psychopath.