RE: My (probably unpopular) opinion on arab refugees
December 7, 2016 at 6:24 pm
(This post was last modified: December 7, 2016 at 6:25 pm by Aristocatt.)
(December 7, 2016 at 5:56 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Because it's definitional to the diagnosis (insomuch as there is one...there is no specific diagnosis for either...they simply fall along a broad category of other disorders)........lol?
Psycopaths and sociopaths are not the same thing. A swing and a miss. Probably an honest mistake, though, thanks for the link...good stuff.
It isn't part of the definition at all in so far as it differentiates sociopathy from psychopathy. They fall along a broad term of antisocial personality disorders which can be diagnosed by a number of different atypical behavioral patterns.
There isn't a well defined distinction between the two, the most commonly accepted one being to differentiate between genetic and environmental factors.
I'm not a psychologist, but you are grossly oversimplifying a very complicated relationship between the two. You shouldn't assume empathy is impossible for a sociopath. Mirror neurons can develop in a sociopath, how well they developed in childhood, how well utilized they are, etc is a tricky question.
