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Can you cite a source? I'm under the impression that both of these terms are considered outdated, in that modern psychology doesn't really think "sociopathy" or
by cowpig 4y ago
Can you cite a source? I'm under the impression that both of these terms are considered outdated, in that modern psychology doesn't really think "sociopathy" or "psychopathy" are good abstractions.
I'm under the impression that "sociopathy" is kind of used synonymously with antisocial personality disorder but has fallen out of favour because of the pop psychology baggage it carries, and "psychopathy" is mostly used in media/criminal justice tropes.
- Maursault 4y agoThey're both ASPD, that's the clinical term you're looking for, anti-social personality disorder.
- saiya-jin 4y agoI don't think 'antisocial personality disorder' characterizes as typical sociopaths. It is accepted (and often witnessed also by me) that ie higher management layers in corporations are often inhabited by highly functioning sociopaths, they simply have much wider toolset to reach their goals compared to more 'normal' folks, which at one point leave in disgust those continuous battlefields where sociopaths feel at home. Unless nomenclature changed significantly in past decade or so.
- posterboy 4y agoGerman uses seelische Störung certainly in legal context and it sounds very much like it was translated from psychopathie. Notably, a life-sentence is curbed at 15 years but psychological conditions may be incorrectable and require permanent security. Störung must have an independent history, though. The correct translation of -pathy today would be Leiden, ie. Seelenleiden, which sounds like another euphemism in the euphemism treadmill.