Another Research paper
Hannah Stewart
Dr. McClenag;en
English 1303
22 Nov, 2005
Rough Draft
Insanity is defined by Webster's dictionary as "a deranged state of mind usually occuring in a specific disorder and usually excluding such states as mental retardation, psyconeurosis, and various other character disorders." Sociopath minds are in complete order, just not the normal organized psyche; sociopaths are incredibly intelligent as well as charming. The Encyclopedia Britannica classifies sociopaths as people with personality disorders that are deeply ingrained and have lasting patterns of inflexible, maladaptive, or antisocial behavior. Due to the fact that their minds are organized they appear to be quite emotionless which can be frightening to the normal minds because these sociopathic people are all around us. Sociopaths are not what most people call crazy, they just think and acy differenctly than those individuals in normal societies.
First of all, the sociopathic mind is organized to an extreme level. They usually know exactly how they will think and react in any given situation. They are cool, methodical, thourough people that live along side us in everyday life. Many of them have aquirred and kept desk jobs pushing pencils because of the clarity of mind that they possess. Most of these people are not degenerate, uneducated low-life's, but instead are high class business men and women in the workplace; although studies have shown that most of these people are men. Ted Bundy, for example, was said to be an incredibly sweet and caring man by those who knew him. Apparently he was also quite good looking from the average perspective; he was charming and genlemanly which made him all the more dangerous. Charles Manson was also considered insane, but this does not appear to be the case at the present time. Manson suffered from extreme psycopath syndrome that is a branch of sociopath; he showed signs of paranoia and schizophrenia which led to te brand of insanity placed on his records. Not only are sociopaths highly organized; they also lack any sign of strong emotion.
Sociopaths appear to not feel or exhibit any form of emotion that is not put on as a show for their audiences. Many of them had the tell-tale signs of being sociopathic in their childhoods. These include arson and animal cruelty as well as a withdrawn personality that is linked to the later development of these branches of sociopath disorders. These people grow up feeling little or no emotion, but learn to fake it with the crowd as they go along. It is hard to live with feelings in every day life, but to live without them can be detrimental to one's health as history has shown. Sociopaths can be delightful people and a pleasure to be around until emotion is needed; especially in the cases of family life. Sociopathis people are very organized, unfeeling people, but what makes it so apparent that they are not insane is the fact they that can be and are anyone in the world.
"As it turns out very few sociopaths, and, as a matter of fact, people who are in jail are not all sociopaths. Four percent of the world's population is sociopathic, most of them living among us" (Stout 1). Many of these people truly do live among us and pass us on the street, at wor, or in school everyday. You would never know who or where they are by their countenance or disposition. Some of them lie in the shadows, playing quiet, private games with the world throughout their lives. However, most sociopaths are just like everyone else in that they are "average people with average intelligence or sometimes even less than average intelligence" (Stout 2).
Sociopaths are highly organized, mostly emotionless people that are among the ranks of people that we see all the time. They are not crazy, not insane as is the average misconception among the average populace. They simply live by their own carefully placed sets of rules that no one else can be a part of. Sociopaths are just complex in nature and we, the human people, should strive to not place stereotypeson them. We should instead try to learn more about them and how to understand their minds and words. "Are you strong enough to point that high-powered perception at yourself? It's hard to face. How about it? Look at yourself and write down the truth. What more fit or complex subject could you find? Or maybe you are afraid of yourself" (Harris 23).
Dr. McClenag;en
English 1303
22 Nov, 2005
Rough Draft
Insanity is defined by Webster's dictionary as "a deranged state of mind usually occuring in a specific disorder and usually excluding such states as mental retardation, psyconeurosis, and various other character disorders." Sociopath minds are in complete order, just not the normal organized psyche; sociopaths are incredibly intelligent as well as charming. The Encyclopedia Britannica classifies sociopaths as people with personality disorders that are deeply ingrained and have lasting patterns of inflexible, maladaptive, or antisocial behavior. Due to the fact that their minds are organized they appear to be quite emotionless which can be frightening to the normal minds because these sociopathic people are all around us. Sociopaths are not what most people call crazy, they just think and acy differenctly than those individuals in normal societies.
First of all, the sociopathic mind is organized to an extreme level. They usually know exactly how they will think and react in any given situation. They are cool, methodical, thourough people that live along side us in everyday life. Many of them have aquirred and kept desk jobs pushing pencils because of the clarity of mind that they possess. Most of these people are not degenerate, uneducated low-life's, but instead are high class business men and women in the workplace; although studies have shown that most of these people are men. Ted Bundy, for example, was said to be an incredibly sweet and caring man by those who knew him. Apparently he was also quite good looking from the average perspective; he was charming and genlemanly which made him all the more dangerous. Charles Manson was also considered insane, but this does not appear to be the case at the present time. Manson suffered from extreme psycopath syndrome that is a branch of sociopath; he showed signs of paranoia and schizophrenia which led to te brand of insanity placed on his records. Not only are sociopaths highly organized; they also lack any sign of strong emotion.
Sociopaths appear to not feel or exhibit any form of emotion that is not put on as a show for their audiences. Many of them had the tell-tale signs of being sociopathic in their childhoods. These include arson and animal cruelty as well as a withdrawn personality that is linked to the later development of these branches of sociopath disorders. These people grow up feeling little or no emotion, but learn to fake it with the crowd as they go along. It is hard to live with feelings in every day life, but to live without them can be detrimental to one's health as history has shown. Sociopaths can be delightful people and a pleasure to be around until emotion is needed; especially in the cases of family life. Sociopathis people are very organized, unfeeling people, but what makes it so apparent that they are not insane is the fact they that can be and are anyone in the world.
"As it turns out very few sociopaths, and, as a matter of fact, people who are in jail are not all sociopaths. Four percent of the world's population is sociopathic, most of them living among us" (Stout 1). Many of these people truly do live among us and pass us on the street, at wor, or in school everyday. You would never know who or where they are by their countenance or disposition. Some of them lie in the shadows, playing quiet, private games with the world throughout their lives. However, most sociopaths are just like everyone else in that they are "average people with average intelligence or sometimes even less than average intelligence" (Stout 2).
Sociopaths are highly organized, mostly emotionless people that are among the ranks of people that we see all the time. They are not crazy, not insane as is the average misconception among the average populace. They simply live by their own carefully placed sets of rules that no one else can be a part of. Sociopaths are just complex in nature and we, the human people, should strive to not place stereotypeson them. We should instead try to learn more about them and how to understand their minds and words. "Are you strong enough to point that high-powered perception at yourself? It's hard to face. How about it? Look at yourself and write down the truth. What more fit or complex subject could you find? Or maybe you are afraid of yourself" (Harris 23).