Getting into the mind of a psychopath

[Edwardo Piet]

Well it could possibly be shame but remorse tends to be for others by definition.  


Have you read that psychopathy is more genetic and sociopathy is more environment?

A bit. Got any references you can recommend?

It was a Robert Hare book I read some of in Waterstones... I forget which one. Damn. I think it may have been a re-issue of an older book, I'm not sure.

But just the internet in general and Wikipedia. Many sources seem to agree that Psychopaths are born psychopaths but sociopaths are made that way through upbringing.

Another thing is, Robert Hare the lead researcher in psychopathy said in the book I read very clearly that psychopathy and sociopathy is very different... psychopathy is a serious genetic disorder where people are born without empathy that has been well established by psychiatrists who study such pathologies, whereas he says very clearly that sociopathy is merely another name for Anti Social Personality Disorder and is the business of psychologists rather than psychiatrists.

Sociopathy is an informal term that refers to a pattern of antisocial behavior and attitudes. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), sociopathy is most closely represented as Antisocial Personality Disorder.

The terms “psychopath” and “sociopath” are often used interchangeably, but in correct parlance a “sociopath” refers to a person with antisocial tendencies that are ascribed to social or environmental factors, whereas psychopathic traits are more innate, though a chaotic or violent upbringing may tip the scales for those already predisposed to behave psychopathically.