Define psychopathy, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and sociopathy and give three examples of ...

•   Psychopathy: A personality disorder defined by a collection of interpersonal, affective, and behavioural characteristics, including manipulation, lack of remorse or empathy, impulsivity, and antisocial behaviours.
•   Antisocial Personality Disorder: A personality disorder characterized by a history of behaviours in which the rights of others are violated.
•   Sociopathy: A label used to describe a person whose psychopathic traits are assumed to be due to environmental factors.
•   Differences:
o   Sociopaths display similar traits to psychopaths, however, these appear to be a result of poor socialization.
o   Psychopaths on the other hand seem to have a genetic predisposition to a certain temperament which makes them difficult to socialize.
o   Antisocial Personality Disorder places more emphasis on antisocial behaviours than does psychopathy. There are more people with Antisocial Personality Disorder than there are psychopaths.