Friday, November 12, 2010
Psychopaths
I found the class discussion on psychopaths to be very interesting so I did a little research. I found a study from psychologytoday.com that talked about the diagnosis of psychopaths. It turns out that they can be diagnosed as having an "antisocial personality disorder". The diagnosis involves observing abnormal behaviors such as lying, cheating, recklesness, and violence. In addition to observing these behaviors, there is also a personality test that recognizes the behaviors listed. I think that being diagnosed as a psychopath include a collaboration of all of the abnormal traits.
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Being diagnosed as a psychopath seems not only to be a personality disorder, but also a behavioral disorder; often one's irrational and immoral actions earn them the title of "psychopath". Since a psychopath expresses no sense of guilt or empathy to their victims and behaves immorally, this classification deals both with the mentality of the individual as well as their behavioral tendencies. Their lack of mental well-being transcends into their physical actions.
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