Thank God. My fiancée just got it right.
Thank God. My fiancée just got it right.
Most of y'all are using the term psychopath when what you should be using is sociopath.
Psychopaths are not inherently evil. Most surgeons and many of the great leaders of history fit the criteria for being a psychopath.
Look it up.
Psychopaths are not inherently evil. Most surgeons and many of the great leaders of history fit the criteria for being a psychopath.
Look it up.
My wife answered correctly, maybe it's just a woman thing. At least that is what I'm telling myself.
I got the answer right before I even finished reading the question.
Money aka inheritance is the "right" answer ... the rest is BS.
I thought we were going to be discussing this.
http://www.amazon.com/Psychopath-Test-Journey-Through-Industry/dp/1594485755
A good read if you were at all intrigued by this thread.
http://www.amazon.com/Psychopath-Test-Journey-Through-Industry/dp/1594485755
A good read if you were at all intrigued by this thread.
Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go To Work, Babiak & Hare 2006:
Psychopathy is a personality disorder described by the personality traits and behaviors that form the basis of this book. Psychopaths are without conscience and incapable of empathy, guilt, or loyalty to anyone but themselves. Sociopathy is not a formal psychiatric condition. It refers to patterns of attitudes and behaviors that are considered antisocial and criminal by society at large, but are seen as normal or necessary by the subculture or social environment in which they developed. Sociopaths may have a well-developed conscience and a normal capacity for empathy, guilt, and loyalty, but their sense of right and wrong is based on the norms and expectations of their subculture or group. Many criminals might be described as sociopaths. Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a broad diagnostic category found in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV). Antisocial and criminal behaviors play a major role in its definition and, in this sense, APD is similar to sociopathy. Some of those with APD are psychopaths, but many are not. The difference between psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder is that the former includes personality traits such as lack of empathy, grandiosity, and shallow emotion that are not necessary for a diagnosis of APD. APD is three or four times more common than psychopathy in the general population and in prisons. The prevalence of those we would describe as sociopathic is unknown but likely is considerably higher than that of APD.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/fzy/notes_on_psychopathy/
What Psychopaths Teach Us about How to Succeed
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-psychopaths-teach-us-about-how-to-succeed
The Benefits of Being a Psychopath
http://thedailybanter.com/2012/11/the-benefits-of-being-a-psychopath/
Psychopathic boldness tied to US presidential success
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2012/09/11/psychopathic.boldness.tied.us.presidential.success
Some investigators have even speculated that “successful psychopaths”-those who attain prominent positions in society-may be overrepresented in certain occupations, such as politics, business and entertainment. Yet the scientific evidence for this intriguing conjecture is preliminary.
Most psychopaths are male, although the reasons for this sex difference are unknown. Psychopathy seems to be present in both Western and non-Western cultures, including those that have had minimal exposure to media portrayals of the condition. In a 1976 study anthropologist Jane M. Murphy, then at Harvard University, found that an isolated group of Yupik-speaking Inuits near the Bering Strait had a term (kunlangeta) they used to describe “a man who … repeatedly lies and cheats and steals things and … takes sexual advantage of many women-someone who does not pay attention to reprimands and who is always being brought to the elders for punishment.” When Murphy asked an Inuit what the group would typically do with a kunlangeta, he replied, “Somebody would have pushed him off the ice when nobody else was looking.”
The best-established measure of psychopathy, the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R), developed by University of British Columbia psychologist Robert D. Hare, requires a standardized interview with subjects and an examination of their file records, such as their criminal and educational histories. Analyses of the PCL-R reveal that it comprises at least three overlapping, but separable, constellations of traits: interpersonal deficits (such as grandiosity, arrogance and deceitfulness), affective deficits (lack of guilt and empathy, for instance), and impulsive and criminal behaviors (including sexual promiscuity and stealing).
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-psychopath-means
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-psychopaths-teach-us-about-how-to-succeed
The Benefits of Being a Psychopath
http://thedailybanter.com/2012/11/the-benefits-of-being-a-psychopath/
Psychopathic boldness tied to US presidential success
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2012/09/11/psychopathic.boldness.tied.us.presidential.success
Some investigators have even speculated that “successful psychopaths”-those who attain prominent positions in society-may be overrepresented in certain occupations, such as politics, business and entertainment. Yet the scientific evidence for this intriguing conjecture is preliminary.
Most psychopaths are male, although the reasons for this sex difference are unknown. Psychopathy seems to be present in both Western and non-Western cultures, including those that have had minimal exposure to media portrayals of the condition. In a 1976 study anthropologist Jane M. Murphy, then at Harvard University, found that an isolated group of Yupik-speaking Inuits near the Bering Strait had a term (kunlangeta) they used to describe “a man who … repeatedly lies and cheats and steals things and … takes sexual advantage of many women-someone who does not pay attention to reprimands and who is always being brought to the elders for punishment.” When Murphy asked an Inuit what the group would typically do with a kunlangeta, he replied, “Somebody would have pushed him off the ice when nobody else was looking.”
The best-established measure of psychopathy, the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R), developed by University of British Columbia psychologist Robert D. Hare, requires a standardized interview with subjects and an examination of their file records, such as their criminal and educational histories. Analyses of the PCL-R reveal that it comprises at least three overlapping, but separable, constellations of traits: interpersonal deficits (such as grandiosity, arrogance and deceitfulness), affective deficits (lack of guilt and empathy, for instance), and impulsive and criminal behaviors (including sexual promiscuity and stealing).
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-psychopath-means
Sexual promiscuity is impulsive and criminal behavior???!!?!! Huh ... 
Is that a felony or a misdemeanor? Did they say?? 
And just for the record "interpersonal deficits (such as grandiosity, arrogance and deceitfulness), affective deficits (lack of guilt and empathy), and impulsive and criminal behaviors (including sexual promiscuity and stealing)" pretty much describes every single teenager I've ever met ...
Is that a felony or a misdemeanor? Did they say?? And just for the record "interpersonal deficits (such as grandiosity, arrogance and deceitfulness), affective deficits (lack of guilt and empathy), and impulsive and criminal behaviors (including sexual promiscuity and stealing)" pretty much describes every single teenager I've ever met ...
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