In the popular movie Batman, the Joker has the behavior of a psychopathic. The popular book series the Harry Potted by J.K. Rowling, Lord Voldemort is stated by the author that he is a psychopathic although he is more like a sociopath. Also a sample of a sociopath is Count Olaf from the novel series "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket. These are the example of the fictional characters I know that have sociopath and psychopath.
Many thinks that psychopaths and sociopaths are the people who have no emotional feelings towards other people. Psychopaths and sociopaths are labeled under the section of antisocial personality disorder. There is actually a pattern for both traits, these are the factors of antisocial personality:
- They don't have any concern for others and even to themselves.
- They are undependable who cannot provide themselves a financial obligations and cannot sustain their work behavior.
- They tend to act without a thought and doesn't have a plan for the future.
- They are used at lying to others without getting caught.
The list that I have mentioned above are applicable to both psychopaths and sociopath but these symptoms fail to give the clear distinguish factor that may lead to confusion in giving conclusions.
While searching about serial killers I have encounter this blog by Dr. Scott Bonn with the title of "Sociopath or Psychopath, Which is a Serial Killer More Likely to Be?" Explaining that both antisocial personality share the same behavioral traits that makes us confuse if the person is a psychopathic or sociopath. Both personality have an unique characteristics that I will explain what.
Sociopaths cannot maintain a normal relationship with anyone, even family, friends and co-workers and they can't even stay in one place. A person who is a sociopath, have a personality disorder that is marked of anti-social behavior. They never feel any guilt about their act, instead they blame others for the act they have committed. They also tend to change their image very often and their life story to avoid prosecution, as they fear their true self being revealed to others they often move to one to another.
Psychopaths are very sociable and can gain peoples trust easily but they don't feel any emotional attachments to others. It is also very easy for them to manipulate the person's feelings treating it like a game. They aim to have a relationship to those who are around him/her and he/she can able to get married. They tend to be very aggressive and can easily lose their temper over small things, one of the reasons is that they can't control their behavior and cruel to the pain and embarrassment to others due to their actions.
They believe the cause of being a psychopathic is because of the genetics and for sociopath is the environment. Being a psychopathic is the cause of the brain that is responsible for emotions and impulse control. For the sociopathy, it is the cause of the childhood traumas and abuse.
If you know any person that have the same characteristics that I have mention above - also try to search more about psychopathic and sociopath - try to keep records of what they are doing. A crime might happened and you could help the police solve the case.
"It should come as no surprise that the entertainment industry has provided many inaccurate examples of psychopaths in film, television and books, etc. Psychopaths are often incorrectly presented by the media as scary people who look frightening or have other off-putting characteristics. "
I also want to add this. While reading the article, these quoted word made me realize that media really do misinterpret serial killers. And made the society think negative things about them without knowing the truth. With this things always happening it would really lead to confusion and everything won't be clear anymore. Not all people read about serial killers they prefer to watch and because of that media can really control the society. The only thing I could say about this is 'don't judge a book by it's cover.' try to learn more about the environmental factors of why do they exist. Think about it, is it our fault that they exist?
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