Question

What is the difference between a sociopath and a psychopath? Provide an example to support both and explain why they are good examples.

Answer 1

Sociopath is anti social person. It involves repetitive voilations of laws,physical agreesiveness, no emotions or irresponsible behaviour towards family and friends,reckless disregard for safety of self or others. Sociopaths are less organized, they can get irrtiated very easily, they can quickly display their anger. Whereas psychopaths are severe form of sociopaths, It is said that psychopaths are often more charming, their feelings are often known as normal to soceity. The psychopath is orgnanised in thier criminal thinking and behavior. The psyhopath is keenly awa re of what he or she is doing wrong but does not care.

For eg: many terrorist can be psychopaths for eg: the one who did 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, they may appear to normal to other people but are organized in their crimes, rhey displayed no emotions or lack of empathy while killing so many people.