What is Psychopathy? The Merriam …show more content…
As we’ve learned, this disorder can only be diagnosed if it shows any real harm to the individual or to other around them. Psychopaths can even fit into society as normal human beings. You can interact with one without ever knowing. They’re of often defined as cold and calculated. They manipulate the world around them. I find that most people associate psychopaths with murderous tendencies thanks to media and TV shows. Yes, many serial killers are psychopaths. No, not all psychopaths are serial killers. More on that later though. Let’s Look at the four kinds of psychopaths, shall we? Primary psychopaths are ones who don’t feel the negative feelings we do from punishment or stress. They can hide can show these responses but on when it benefits them in some way or another. Secondary Psychopaths are more likely to respond to stress simply because they expose themselves to more of it. They do this by being extreme risk takers and are often described as fearless. Distempered Psychopaths, which is actually a subdivisions of the ones mentioned before, are the ones who you sometimes see on TV,