Sociopath Test, Toxic Personalities & Warning Signs
Sociopaths are very good at manipulation and deception. If you believe you might be dealing with a sociopath, psychopath or other type of toxic personality, proceed with caution. It might be best to avoid the person for your best interest. If you need help figuring out if a person is a sociopath, then you might want to consider taking a sociopath test. Bear in mind that a sociopath or a psychopath are unlikely to look for help, so you’ll be taking the test for them, hoping that the test will help you draw a conclusion with more basis. That said sociopath test should not be considered as a means for diagnosis, the test should serve like an additional tool or a helping factor to identify the condition.
Warning signs:
•inconsistencies between what a person says and does
•excuses or subject changing when caught in a lie
•no feeling of shame when caught an embarrassing situation
•going around the question, answering it in a way that doesn’t really answer it
•ability to sense vulnerabilities and motivated in using them for personal gain or pleasure, manipulate without remorse
•seeing any social situation as a contest or a test
•ability to understand rules & laws and judging them as a part of “the game”, but no ability for empathy or emotional understanding behind the rules
•poorly connected speech and abundance of excuses, during speech using more hand gestures than normal. These tendencies reflect difficulty in converting thoughts and feelings into speech
•repeatedly performing acts that can serve as grounds for arrest
•irritability and aggressiveness, indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults
•disregard for safety of self or others
•cruelty to animal
Source:
http://sociopathx.com/sociopathvspsychopath.php...and another little interesting tidbit:
NOTE: In the 1830's this disorder was called "moral insanity." By 1900 it was changed to "psychopathic personality." More recently it has been termed "antisocial personality disorder" in the DSM-III and DSM-IV. Some critics have complained that, in the attempt to rely only on 'objective' criteria, the DSM has broadened the concept to include too many individuals. The APD category includes people who commit illegal, immoral or self-serving acts for a variety of reasons and are not necessarily psychopaths.
Source:
http://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.htmlNow...how someone would actually try to go about this....? Maybe some kind of loophole...SOMEWHERE???