Psychopath - [Part 1] - Psychology - Documentary

[LaughingLefty]

Sociopaths are disorganized and likely to commit crimes and wind up in prison. Psychopaths can be highly organized, focused and successful, rise the corporate ladder and even have long-term, stable family lives. They share in common an inability to feel empathy towards others, but the sociopath will tend to act out in rage when frustrated while the psychopath has no emotional affect and are calculating. Psychopaths can be highly intelligent and adept at mimicking emotions to manipulate others.

[CyberPhysician]

I looked at the dislikes and likes... 64 likes, 2 dislikes. I also read that about 4% of the human population are psychopaths. So, basicly, 1/25, people. 2/50. Just crossed my mind.

[waffleness2]

this is bs im a psychopath but i wouldnt do this dont mock my kind

[bfvaffel]

The unintelligent psychopaths sit in jails. The smart psychopaths govern the world.

[andross637]

@bfvaffel I disagree. The clinicians who dealt with Ted Bundy and Karla Tucker said they were among the smartest people they'd met.

Being unable to control a compulsion has nothing to do with intelligence. That's like saying all alcoholics are unintelligent.

[kurd26]

Thats what they do!-they play into your emotions and tell you that their sorry for their acts, THATS BULLSHIT!. THEY CAN'T CHANGE, THEY DON'T CARE, they will stab you in the back the minute you show them mercy, they are the biggest cause to the misery and destruction dispensed on human beings in our history,

why does the world feel so wrong?, because its psychopaths in power, we just think their only serial killers, leaders kill also, but they do it on a mass scale, and they try to justify it

[whoatemyhummus]

@kurd26 Too true man. The problem with saying it's a disorder is that it gives psychopaths more space to lie in.

[beckyava]

does anyone know what year this is from?

[theporksicle]

@beckyava

2000.

[gorlist187]

lol i scored 31 out of 40.....looks like this test is garbage

[MrDeebz3]

@gorlist187 thats why its specified about a hundred times the test has to be done by a professional to gauge your responses, dickhead. they're common traits in normal people, but are dominant in psychopaths. or maybe you're just a psychopath.

[gorlist187]

@MrDeebz3 you don't get to talk to me like that assfuck

[gorlist187]

bullshit...we have a lot of conscience....the thing is....only things that matter to ourselves is what we feel good or bad about.....as for what others feel? who gives a shit...we only care about our own emotions and have no room for other peoples bullshit crap....that is why people are expendible, and those of us that kill our focus and marks are deemed lucky...those like me bleed people dry over time of their happiness innocently and it feeds us

[murbones]

psychopaths ARE A MYTH!

[eduardokkss]

1 in 200... I'd say 1 in 50

[AlkPacino]

"they're all around us"' that's true, they are mostly in government and various other powerfull positions. What's the difference between stabbing a man, and ordering others to kill thousands with one click of a button.

[bassammaelborno]

Other persons become only 'objects' that are either in the way and can thus be justifiably 'eliminated' or are tools to be 'used'.

[bassammaelborno]

There are essentially two origins to psychopathy/sociopathy.

There are psychopaths who are a product of "environment" and those who are "genetically" inclined.

The former are far more prevalent, and are a product of family upbringing and/or cultural influences.

The later are either simply genetically character disturbed (an isolated Personality Disorder) or genetically character disturbed as a component of a more serious mental illness (eg. Bipolar, Schizophrenia, etc.)

[thegrandwazoooo]

How many psychos come from families with loving balanced parents? Probably zero.!

[tekqist28]

What differentiates a psychopath from a narcissist?

[Memoria777]

My brother is a psychopath.

[silver760]

Most politicians must be psychopaths as the vast majority dont give a toss about the public that voted them into power.They lie,cheat,steal,embezzle etc,they have no empathy for anyone else but themselves.Everything they do is purely for their benefit,where they are supposed to be working for the good of the public that put them into power.Why has this cycle gone on for centuries?Look at the UK,due to the government we are prisoners in our own country,under strict rule of some really dumb laws.

[rocky45693]

@theporksicle thanks, i am a psy major and i have always wondered if they would be a psychopath.

[rocky45693]

ok, would people like Hitler or Stalin be psychopaths?

[TheMightykaz]

@rocky45693 yes

[theporksicle]

@rocky45693

Quite possibly not, narcissistic definitely, devoid of empathy quite probably but they were also highly emotional beings. Hitler was most likely a severe manic-depressive (his own physician diagnosed him as being a manic depressive), manic depression is a mood disorder and is a sign of poor regulation of emotion; psychopaths don't suffer from such mood swings, they don't feel much at all, whatever you think of him Hitler did feel strongly about things, psychopaths don't.

[Vebinz]

@readmymindhomey

But if the main criteria of a psychopath is a lack of conscience, then surely a refusal to see animal suffering, or hear details of human suffering shows that Hitler didn't lack a conscience, just that he subsumed it uber hiw agenda.

[Vebinz]

@TheBadBizzle

Well, the moral standards may have been different, but even then there was the notion of right and wrong, where-as a psychopath simply lacks such an understanding.

So if a psycopath lived in ancient Rome, he'd end up doing things that were considered wrong to the Romans.

[Vebinz]

@readmymindhomey

I don't know if Hitler (atleast) qualifies as a psychopath, since apparently not only did he love animals very much (thus showed emotions), but it seems he hated hearing any details about the killings and deaths carried out in the East.

[poosta7]

The only place to get psychopaths to study are in jail??? Why not go to the right wing of the republican party....you will find a crap load there....you can spot them because they are wrapped up in dozens of american flags.

[JMorde999]

@poosta7 This gave me a good laugh, which is often an indicator of truth...

[DiaShanti]

@poosta7 Yes, and they say "God loves you" while blasting away innocent civilians overseas. You know...doing the "Will of God" and all...at least according to Sarah Palin, of course.

[TheAnimatorEqualizer]

@poosta7 Or the even more deceiving politicians in the Democrat party who lie to our faces and promise change and are able to deceive us in the largest way.

[largeaquaticmammal]

@poosta7 STFU and take your politics somewhere else. They said that the only place where psychopaths were available for study were in jail because you can't just walk up to someone and randomly say, "Hey, are you a phsychopath?"

[95688kage]

@poosta7 People like you make me want to move to canada

[alexgbykov]

@poosta7 or just any politician...

[Runswithscissors111]

@poosta7 Interesting that you say that, Dr. Robert Hare is an expert in the field of psychopathy who used to study psychopaths in prisons. Now he says he should have been looking in the Stock Exchange to find psychopaths.

[MrHsmauberley]

@Runswithscissors111 You see malignant narcissists and sociopaths on Wall Street. Not psychopaths. Most sociopaths are not violent.

[diecheney]

@poosta7 spot on.

[MrOnlinePsychology]

@poosta7 - your right, im convinced that Mark Levin the far-right radio shock jock fits the profile perfectly

[Jesusmalaark11]

@poosta7 The only psychopaths who are "readily available". Psychopaths in the general population of society are rarely "readily available" for research.

[andross637]

@johnwpurcellx Blame the BBC. I've seen a few of Adrian Raine's talks, and in each he pointed out that he himself has a brain scan that resembles a serial murderer. So does Jim Fallon.

[Party9494]

Commentators, please do your research. I highly recommend Robert Hare's 'Without Conscience'. A good starting point to get a clear illustration of these dangerous beings. I just hate to read all of these ignorant remarks on a subject that is very specific in its definition and cannot afford to be confused and muddled and theorized about by people who haven't the slightest clue to begin with.

[dietrite123]

@Party9494 Thank you! So much ignorance on here with regards to psychopathy. The best are the delusional idiots that believe that a psychopath could mend his/her ways if he/she would just "accept Jesus as Lord and Savior!!11"

I would bet my entire collection of Dale Earnhardt Collectable Coffee Mugs(worth in excess of $200,000) that there has not been one successful "rehabilitation" of a psychopathic personality.

[sixchildren100]

@Party9494 Very well said and were would i get this Robert Hare book online ? ..

[thunderwithrain]

People who are child abusers are classic psychopaths because child abuse is the ultimate theft. I know this personally from my childhood. They also educate everyone around them that life is perfect so when people don't confront sexual abuse in the public eye or try stop it from a knee jerk feeling of EMPATHY then they are psychopathic too... evil secrets really do make you crazy and the cure is truth to hope in my opinion.

[TheMightykaz]

What is this guys name at the beginning? Scary dude.

[TheMightykaz]

@andross637 What is PM?

[BootyBot]

my question is what happens when a psychopath meets a psychopath

[wolfmanfilms101]

that guy is weird al

[NlmDth]

@johnwpurcellx Makes perfect sense what you say.

[ulkord]

@Cruellama21 yes !

[rohbit]

I like that this video has a good discussion going on. Good stuff people!

[bluballzzz]

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[juicymeister123]

@bluballzzz that's what I thought when I saw him lol

[32GaugeSlug]

Most government heads are psychopaths. Tony Blair, George Bush et al.

[VieDmarde]

@32GaugeSlug And Obama!

[MsPingu112]

@32GaugeSlug I doubt psychopaths would have the ability for any sort of long-term planning (maybe they can plan but - ) they wouldn't be able to carry out their plans and be successful in the long-term. What you're speaking of would be a narcissist, most likely.

[theporksicle]

@MsPingu112

I think the distinction between narcissists with callous-unemotional traits (i.e. 'malignant narcissists') and psychopaths is really just one of disposition; psychopaths are more uniform in their disposition, primary psychopaths anyway. They are unfazed by things, they may have hubris but their sensitivity toward narcissistic injury is much lower than in severe narcissists.

Plus narcissists are on a continuum of normal humans, psychopaths are a discrete group.

[edwardsson777]

@MsPingu112 I would say that the traits described in the video "freedom from conscience - psychopaths" would actually make for the ideal political candidate. There are many psychopaths who are able to set long-term goals of conquest. If one combines this desire for power with the traits listed in the video then they will be able to climb both the political and business ladder.

[danimal24585]

@edwardsson777 You gotta be the biggest moron ever! You really want a person who is devoid of emotion and lacks empathy should be a politician? Unfortunately, the government is already run by borderline psychopaths who have been manipulating sheeple for so long

[edwardsson777]

@danimal24585 I never said that -- I said the "freedom from conscience -- psychopaths" video points out that if you list what traits would make for a winning candidate they fit well with the psychopathic criteria. It is more a warning video, not one extolling the virtues of psychopathic personality.

[teluia]

It is important to distinguish between psychopaths - who constantly demonstrate their symptoms - and other disorders. For example, Multiple Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder may have similar characteristics to psychopaths, but only on special occasion. For instance, a Bipolar individual may (but not necessarily will) show psychopathic traits only during a psychotic or manic episode. And unlike psychopaths, these latter disorders can be easily treated with medication and therapy.

[yellow0blue0red]

this study reminds me of Raine et al

[Darkaero199]

Not all psychopaths are murderers or even commit crimes. It's just the ones who are tend to be the ones who are studied (they're easier to recognize and more readily available to study if they're locked away, as opposed to the manipulative psychopath who evades detection by acting normal in the general population). I don't think it's fair to generalize them this way.

[teluia]

@Darkaero199

Agreed. I believe that the difference between a psychopath who uses physical violence, and one who uses mental violence, is their degree of education. With a high degree of education, a psychopath may realize that their goals of materialism and manipulative control can be obtained through the application of that education, often in a business or corporate occupation (in which there is a disproportionate amount of psychopaths compared to the general population).

[theporksicle]

Consider that in our evolutionary history there was often limited resources, so being able to swindle others out of their resources was a distinct advantage. The only alternative was death (from starvation), now, however, you don't need, in the West at least, to be able to con people in order to get food etc

So now they have evolved from conning necessities from others to conning them out of luxuries (sex, drugs, money etc).

[identityundisclosed6]

@theporksicle interesting, but how does this then extend to killing your own brother, in your view? or having compulsions to engage in things that revile the rest of society (the man in this video seems to have a compulsion for drug use)

[theporksicle]

@identityundisclosed6

I don't know about the man in the video's background, however the fact that he said his brother said to him, "If you ever touch my bike I'll kill you" suggests they didn't have the most amicable of relationships. Possibly he was thinking if he killed his brother there would be more for him (fewer mouths to feed).

Drug use? Stimulation probably. They can't get a natural high from love in the way normal people can, so drugs can take the place of emotional bonds.

[theporksicle]

In terms of drug/alcohol abuse, I think they are far more likely to be abusers than non-psychopaths (although I'm not 100% sure), I wonder how drugs effect them though. If they smoke cannabis or snort cocaine they are not going to 'get in touch with their feelings' or come to some sudden realisation about their evil ways and decide to make amends.

[theporksicle]

@koalajones88

I think it comes down to semantics, but you're right, their amygdalas are different to ours. 'Damaged' is a value judgement, they are just different and so their amygdala (and other parts of the brain) are designed to serve a different purpose, a powerful/reactive amygdala is unecessary for them, and would hinder them in cheating people/weighing up consequences.

True. Their lives must be very boring, emotion is the essence of life for most people.

[theporksicle]

@koalajones88

Correcting the 'defective' brain mechanisms may or may not be possible, a lot of research indicates that they are not suffering from a disorder in the way that a schizophrenic or depresed person is. They are meant to be different, their psychopathy is an evolutionary advantage. Unfortunately for the rest of us they are a problem, but their lack of concern for others is an advantage to them.

Anyone who believes there's good in everyone is very deluded.

[ah93704]

@theporksicle if it was truly an "advantage" there would be more of them. They would probably outnumber us. Why dont they outnumber us? Because they tend to be uncooperative. So, they become less likely to do well in society!

[theporksicle]

@ah93704

It is an advantage in some ways but a disadvantage in others. Being a psychopath in modern western society is advantageous, the potential rewards are huge and the potential punishments fairly light. A study by anthropologist Jane Murphy found that in Inuit communities they kill 'kunlagetas', people who are unrepentant rule breakers and cheats, so there it may not be an advantage to be one.

If they outnumbered us they would die off, only about 1% can be psychopaths.

[theporksicle]

@koalajones88

They do have a stranglehold indeed, unfortunately it seems that they are effectively intra-species predators and so here to stay. We have no more chance of defeating them than a mice does of defeating a cat. Of course, we can score the odd victory (such as when one of them is killed during the course of committing a crime), but until we can reliably identify and either kill or sterilise them we will have no way of winning.

[theporksicle]

@trakomako

Anyone with the right knowledge can identify one if you have been around them for long enough (their mask slips and you see the cold, predatory reality behind it), the question is can you recognise them before they do you serious emotional, financial or physical damage? Most people can't do that.

[theporksicle]

@trakomako

To a psychopath humans are no different to other objects, for this guy I doubt whether there would be any difference, emotionally, between killing someone (even his own brother) and throwing away a piece of clothing he no longer wears.

The worst part is he was sentenced to 5-20 years, and this documentary was first shown in 2000 so he's probably alive somewhere.