Psychopaths: A Psychological Analysis

Psychopaths are people who are highly antisocial, aggressive and lacking in empathy. They are said to have no conscience, and when they do something violent they tend to say that feel nothing. Most serial killers are psychopaths. “Walter Sickert the man believed to be Jack the Ripper is supposedly a psychopath. They can’t really tell if he is absolutely do to the fact that he is longer alive. They can assume, but they can’t really know. When they are kids they tend to be violent towards animals or humans (Cornwell, 2002). However there are successful psychopaths “It is hypothesized that successful psychopaths have intact or enhanced neurobiological functioning that underlies their normal or even superior cognitive functioning, which in turn …show more content…
I also love the fact that you can’t really be right or wrong. I like the idea of equality in thinking and that no one can really say that they are superior in thinking. Psychology is a great field and I think I’m going to really enjoy it. I hope I can live up to its expectations. I mean psych is not all about asking people how they feel. Some of it finding the criminal figuring out what makes the criminal do the things he or she does. That’s really the side I want to get into. I love the idea of catching the criminals bringing people to justice. I want to be on the side of the law. “Of all the people with personality disorders, psychopaths are one of the most studied, especially in the disciplines of psychology and psychiatry (Boddy). Psychopaths are perhaps the most studied because they scare us the most. The lack of morality and feeling is a very chilling …show more content…
Psychopathy (if that's what you want to call it) is like a medicine for modern times. If you take it in moderation, it can prove extremely beneficial. It can alleviate a lot of existential ailments that we would otherwise fall victim to because our fragile psychological immune systems just aren't up to the job of protecting us. But if you take too much of it, if you overdose on it, then there can, as is the case with all medicines, be some rather unpleasant side effects (Dutton).” This guy is saying that a lack of feeling can be a good thing when it comes to certain things. He seems to be saying that being a psychopath isn’t that bad that they are in a way lucky. To have no emotions that tie them to things. “Psychopathic killers have the "consummate ability" to disguise their true nature, he writes, while "behind the façade--the brutal, brilliant disguise--beats the refrigerated heart of a ruthless, glacial predator." The capability to act under stress with cool determination is a characteristic they share with "surgeons, soldiers, spies, entrepreneurs [and] lawyers (Dutton).” “A previous study using human coders found that there are differences in the speech of psychopaths and nonpsychopaths. Experts found that psychopaths more likely will exaggerate the spontaneity of their homicides. They may label a cold-blooded murder as a crime of passion and omit incriminating details of what occurred during the act (Woodworth