Quote from: L1C on May 13, 2015, 06:49:40 AM

Quote from: holdembot on May 13, 2015, 06:21:12 AM

An evil sociopath is a psychopath, I am pretty sure most people over 15 should know the difference. I hope.

Actually, this isn't right. Neither psychopathy nor sociopathy is a recognized psychiatric diagnosis (in the US, at least; neither is included in the DSM. They fall under Antisocial Personality Disorder, which includes non-psychopaths who, for instance, have poor impulse control and get into a lot of fights.) Psychopathy is relatively well-defined: there's a fairly standard checklist that's used to diagnose it. Sociopathy is less well-defined: many people in psychology and related fields use the term interchangeably with psychopathy, but others want to distinguish it, not always in the same ways.

Summary of the psychopathy checklist, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy_Checklist

Facet 1: Interpersonal

Glibness/superficial charm
Grandiose sense of self-worth
Pathological lying
Cunning/manipulative

Facet 2: Affective

Lack of remorse or guilt
Emotionally shallow
Callous/lack of empathy
Failure to accept responsibility for own actions

Facet 3: Lifestyle

Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
Parasitic lifestyle
Lack of realistic, long-term goals
Impulsivity
Irresponsibility

Facet 4: Antisocial

Poor behavioral controls
Early behavioral problems
Juvenile delinquency
Revocation of conditional release
Criminal versatility

Other Items:

Many short-term marital relationships
Promiscuous sexual behavior

Well shit me a bucket full of gawm, just about everything in that checklist word for word fit with Garzam! really well.