![]() ![]() Once submitted, the men and women each took a personality test measuring: ↑ Table of Contents ↑ The Scientific Personality Traits of PsychopathsĪ new study conducted by Austrian researchers Sagioglou and Greitemeyer found certain personality traits linked to liking bitter tasting food and drinks.ĥ00 participants were shown a list of foods from all across the taste spectrum––salty, sour, bitter, sweet–and were instructed to rate how much they liked the foods. What other differences do psychopaths have? Weird, right? Psychopaths and pathological liars might not feel pain when they see others get hurt, like we do. The study found that psychopaths showed no activity in areas of the brain linked to empathic concern. One Harvard study researched 80 prisoners and used functional MRI technology to determine their responses to different scenarios-scenarios involving intentional harm or painful facial expressions. The fact that I didn’t see the lies made me feel stupid.” Shelly, Science of People Reader ![]() One with me, recovery, nice home, and job, and the other with drugs, no job, and other women. The liar in my life was an ex-husband who had a double life. “I am pretty good lie detector but when it comes from someone close it can be devastating. ↑ Table of Contents ↑ How Psychopaths’ Brains Are Differentĭid you know that normal people’s and pathological liars’ brains are different? Specifically, psychopaths exhibit less activity in the amygdala where fear is processed, and in the orbital frontal cortex or regions where decision-making happens. Children who show an early lack of fear, indifference towards peers, and who appear callous in the face of emotion are at the greatest risk. Researchers believe that psychopathy has roots in early childhood. Psychopaths are very difficult to have relationships with because they lack social kindness and empathy. According to Joseph Newman at the University of Wisconsin: They are at high risk of substance abuse and incarceration. Psychopaths are typically highly impulsive and highly emotional. How do you spot a psychopath in-the-making? ↑ Table of Contents ↑ The Warning Signs of Psychopathy Speak in terms of cause-and-effect instead of emotions.Find pleasure and gratification in lying.Focus on basic needs, such as food and money.We can’t say conclusively if Hitler, Castro, or Hussein were “psychopaths,” but we can spot some of their tendencies. He uses whatever force is necessary, and will, if he deems it expedient, go to extremes of violence, including the use of weapons of mass destruction…While Hussein is not psychotic, he has a strong paranoid orientation.” In pursuing his goals, Saddam uses aggression instrumentally. Jerrold Post, the founder of the CIA’s Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior, found that Saddam’s pursuit of power is tied with messianic dreams and “there is no evidence he is constrained by conscience his only loyalty is to Saddam Hussein. The outstanding neurotic elements in his personality are his hunger for power and his need for the recognition and adulation of the masses.” Saddam Hussein: In 1961, the CIA’s psychiatric staff put together a report stating Fidel Castro was “so highly neurotic and unstable a personality as to be quite vulnerable to certain kinds of psychological pressure. The report concludes that Hitler was a masochist and a suicidal, neurotic narcissist. Murray was tasked with putting together a personality evaluation of Adolf Hitler in 1943. The CIA has released all kinds of interesting personality reports of historical figures. Their lack of self-awareness just seeps into constantly telling stories of who they think they should be or how they think the world works.” Bonnie, Science of People Reader “I’m most fascinated by people who will lie when it is totally unnecessary… There are predatory liars – these are not them. ↑ Table of Contents ↑ Were Adolf Hitler, Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein Psychopaths? irresponsibility, and a failure to accept responsibility for their actions.impulsivity, and a weak ability to defer gratification and control behavior.shallow experiences of feelings or emotions.lack of empathy, guilt, conscience, or remorse.Psychopathy researchers found that psychopaths often have these common traits: Luckily, her psychopathic tendencies never grew into true psychopathy. Beth is NOT a psychopath after therapy and strong, loving relationships, Beth is now a fully functioning adult. Beth shows what are called “psychopathic tendencies,” which psychologists believe is due to the mistreatment she received at the hands of her parents. ![]()
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