People with sociopathic traits often seem completely normal on the surface, which is exactly why they're so hard to spot. But ...
A sociopath is a person who has a personality disorder defined by the absence of conscience and severely antisocial behavior. The most distinctive trait of a sociopath is their indifference towards ...
THE SOCIOPATH NEXT DOOR: The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us. By Martha Stout. Broadway, 241 pp. $24.95. 'What's this book about?" the airport security guard asked me, having minutely inspected all the ...
On a special episode (first released on April 3, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Use the word sociopath in conversation, and you're bound to see some raised eyebrows, or worse. The word itself has ...
Co-authored by Nathan Lents, Ph.D., and Robert Trivers, Ph.D. There is no shortage of published psychological profiles of Donald J. Trump that attempt to diagnose him, from a distance, as either a ...
Co-authored by Nathan Lents, Ph.D., and Robert Trivers, Ph.D. There is no shortage of published psychological profiles of Donald J. Trump that attempt to diagnose him, from a distance, as either a ...
Medically reviewed by Michael MacIntyre, MD Key Takeaways Psychopaths generally do not feel emotions and lack a conscience, while sociopaths are impulsive and often act without thinking.The causes of ...