psychopathy

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To address that gap, Wallace has helped to produce a Successful Psychopathy Scale: a 54-question scale designed to identify and assess psychopathic traits in the general population.

From Scientific American • Jul. 24, 2023

Psychopathy is defined in the study as a “Temperamental and Uninhibited Region.”

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2018

Psychopathy is a psychological condition in which the individual shows a profound lack of empathy for the feelings of others, a willingness to engage in immoral and antisocial behavior for short-term gains, and extreme egocentricity.

From Time • Oct. 18, 2016

Psychopathy is simply the awful endpoint of a line on which we all stand.

From The Guardian • Jun. 10, 2016

Psychopathy is a disease or disorder of the mind.

From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.