#socipathy

Psychopath Trait #2: Self-Centered Impulsivity You do what you want, when you want.

Psychopath Trait #3: Low Autonomic Arousal So, you’re cool as a cucumber, even when others react.  - See more at:

Sociopaths are cut from the same cloth as psychopaths, with 3 key differences:

Unlike psychopathy, sociopathy can even be acquired: dementia or a head injury can do the trick. First, while true psychopaths are confident, social, and dominant, sociopaths are reserved and inhibited, sometimes loners.  And while psychopaths are exempt from negative emotion, sociopaths are often hostile and do experience anxiety and rejection.

Second, while psychopaths truly have no morals, sociopaths do have a sense of morality and a conscience, but their sense of right and wrong is skewed and doesn’t match society at large.  Sociopaths are often crusaders or martyrs for a perceived cause; they see their depraved acts as necessary.  So antagonistic, withdrawn Timothy McVeigh is a good example.

The third, oversimplified, difference is that psychopaths are born, while sociopaths are made, often through extreme childhood adversity and exposure to violence.  But it’s not as simple as just nature or nurture—the truth lies somewhere in a scramble of genetics, neurology, and environment.

A sociopath is someone with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience.Common characteristics and personality traits of sociopaths could be signs like being pathological liar, a history of poor relationships, problems with the law, being more spontaneous and intense compared to others, and a lack of remorse for the welfare of others.If you're interested in more you can always google for more information or ask someone qualified (:

Found this article interesting in relation to sherlock's characterisation.

However, other differences between psychopathy and sociopathy, aside from origin, have been cited. The capacity to feel attachment and empathy towards another and to feel guilt and shame after doing something wrong is not associated with psychopathy; however it is suggested that sociopaths can emotionally attach to others, and feel badly when they hurt those individuals that they are attached to. The sociopath will still lack empathy and attachment toward the greater society and will not feel guilt in harming a stranger, or rebelling against laws, but does not lack empathy entirely, as is typical with the psychopath. Therefore, both psychopaths and sociopaths are capable of committing heinous crimes; however, the psychopath would commit crimes against family members or “friends” (as well as strangers) and feel little to no remorse.