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Psychopath vs. Sociopath Test

15 Questions
3 Minutes

Can you distinguish between two dangerous forms of behavior?

Sociopathy and psychopathy are closely related traits that can both result in antagonistic attitudes and disruptive behaviors, but there are subtle differences between the two. Could you distinguish between a psychopath and a sociopath? Test your knowledge here.

1. Whose behavior is thought to be more closely linked to genetic factors, rather than environmental ones?
2. Which condition has a formal scale associated with it and is known to exist on a spectrum?
3. Who is more likely to lack the capacity for empathy?
4. Who is very likely to start displaying antisocial tendencies—meaning tendencies that are disruptive to social norms and disrespectful of others’ rights—before 18 years of age?
5. Who is likely to have their condition formally labeled as such by a mental health professional?
6. Who is more likely to achieve career success?
7. Who can form attachments to other people?
8. Who might display narcissistic or egocentric traits?
9. Who may be more likely to avoid detection?
10. Who is likely to engage in many short-term sexual relationships?
11. Who is more likely to have a moral compass?
12. Who is unlikely to seek out treatment for their behavior, unless compelled to do so?
13. Who may show a disregard for their own safety or the safety of others?
14. Who is likely to stay cool in a crisis?
15. Who may leech off others or engage in a “parasitic” lifestyle?
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Select Sources

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition

Hare, R. Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)

Pemment, J. Psychopathy versus sociopathy: Why the distinction has become crucial.

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