Please sign in again so you can continue to borrow titles and access your Loans, Wish list, and Holds pages. Although it can be a bit simplistic, with a focus more on telling an entertaining story instead of a deeper scientific dive into psychopathy, Ronson’s conclusions about labeling and the importance of being sensitive to gradations, variants, and proverbial gray areas are worthy and thoughtful.
Why? Jon Ronson, The Psychopath Test: A Journey through the Madness Industry Hosted by Jim Dee. The second reason The Psychopath Test works so well is character. Add a library card to your account to borrow titles, place holds, and add titles to your wish list. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. This item is usually demonstrated by a disdain for one's victims.Shallow Affect Emotional poverty or a limited range or depth of feelings; interpersonal coldness in spite of signs of open gregariousness.Callousness and Lack of Empathy A lack of feelings toward people in general; cold, contemptuous, inconsiderate, and tactless.Parasitic Lifestyle An intentional, manipulative, selfish, and exploitative financial dependence on others as reflected in a lack of motivation, low self-discipline, and inability to begin or complete responsibilities.Poor Behavioral Controls Expressions of irritability, annoyance, impatience, threats, aggression, and verbal abuse; inadequate control of anger and temper; acting hastily.Promiscuous Sexual Behavior A variety of brief, superficial relations, numerous affairs, and an indiscriminate selection of sexual partners; the maintenance of several relationships at the same time; a history of attempts to sexually coerce others into sexual activity or taking great pride at discussing sexual exploits or conquests.Early Behavior Problems A variety of behaviors prior to age 13, including lying, theft, cheating, vandalism, bullying, sexual activity, fire-setting, glue-sniffing, alcohol use, and running away from home.Lack of Realistic, Long-Term Goals an inability or persistent failure to develop and execute long-term plans and goals; a nomadic existence, aimless, lacking direction in life.Impulsivity The occurrence of behaviors that are unpremeditated and lack reflection or planning; inability to resist temptation, frustrations, and urges; a lack of deliberation without considering the consequences; foolhardy, rash, unpredictable, erratic, and reckless.Irresponsibility Repeated failure to fulfill or honor obligations and commitments; such as not paying bills, defaulting on loans, performing sloppy work, being absent or late to work, failing to honor contractual agreements.Failure to Accept Responsibilityfor Own Actions A failure to accept responsibility for one's actions reflected in low conscientiousness, an absence of dutifulness, antagonistic manipulation, denial of responsibility, and an effort to manipulate others through this denial.Many Short-Term Marital Relationships A lack of commitment to a long-term relationship reflected in inconsistent, undependable, and unreliable commitments in life, including marital.Juvenile Delinquency Behavior problems between the ages of 13-18; mostly behaviors that are crimes or clearly involve aspects of antagonism, exploitation, aggression, manipulation, or a callous, ruthless tough-mindedness.Revocation of Condition Release A revocation of probation or other conditional release due to technical violations, such as carelessness, low deliberation, or failing to appear.Criminal Versatility A diversity of types of criminal offenses, regardless if the person has been arrested or convicted for them; taking great pride at getting away with crimes.
The main characters of this non fiction, psychology story are … This entry was posted in Things I've Read on November 8, 2012 by P.T. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Add it now to start borrowing from the collection. In exploring various figures as case studies in testing the Hare checklist (like Haitian death squad leader Emmanuel “Toto” Constant), Ronson applies its checkpoints to himself, nervously finding a few fits.
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