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What are the traits of a sociopath and does it describe my child?
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<blockquote data-quote="2much2recover" data-source="post: 635339" data-attributes="member: 18366"><p>Many years ago when I was coming to terms with what my daughter was I made a file so whenever I felt weak, I could go back and review what I learned. I was just reviewing it when I came across this sociopath checklist by: Dr. Hervey Cleckley published <em>The Mask of Sanity</em>, a groundbreaking approach to psychopathy</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Characteristics</strong></span></p><p>Cleckley introduced 16 behavioral characteristics of a psychopath. </p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Superficial charm and good intelligence</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Absence of delusions and other signs of irrational thinking</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Absence of nervousness or psycho-neurotic manifestations</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Unreliability</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Untruthfulness and insincerity</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Lack of remorse and shame</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Inadequately motivated antisocial behavior</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Poor judgment and failure to learn by experience</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Pathological egocentricity and incapacity for love</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">General poverty in major affective reactions</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Specific loss of insight</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Unresponsiveness in general interpersonal relations</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Fantastic and uninviting behavior with drink and sometimes without</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Suicide threats rarely carried out</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Sex life impersonal, trivial, and poorly integrated</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Failure to follow any life plan</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2much2recover, post: 635339, member: 18366"] Many years ago when I was coming to terms with what my daughter was I made a file so whenever I felt weak, I could go back and review what I learned. I was just reviewing it when I came across this sociopath checklist by: Dr. Hervey Cleckley published [I]The Mask of Sanity[/I], a groundbreaking approach to psychopathy [SIZE=4][B]Characteristics[/B][/SIZE] Cleckley introduced 16 behavioral characteristics of a psychopath. [LIST=1] [*]Superficial charm and good intelligence [*]Absence of delusions and other signs of irrational thinking [*]Absence of nervousness or psycho-neurotic manifestations [*]Unreliability [*]Untruthfulness and insincerity [*]Lack of remorse and shame [*]Inadequately motivated antisocial behavior [*]Poor judgment and failure to learn by experience [*]Pathological egocentricity and incapacity for love [*]General poverty in major affective reactions [*]Specific loss of insight [*]Unresponsiveness in general interpersonal relations [*]Fantastic and uninviting behavior with drink and sometimes without [*]Suicide threats rarely carried out [*]Sex life impersonal, trivial, and poorly integrated [*]Failure to follow any life plan [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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