Psychopathic Mimicry:
The question many may ask is, can psychopaths mimic another's emotions and behavior, and why?
Psychopaths are able to adapt their behavior to appear normal by mimicking what they have learned through experience to aid in their perception of what others perceive as normal. It's not necessarily that the psychopath cares about the difference between what is and is not normal, good or bad.
This ability to copy other traits and personalities to a sufficient degree can make them invisible to the general population. When you meet them on the street, they seem like regular individuals, not like blatant amateurish copycats of an idiot gone wacko.
Our psychopathic chameleons practice mimicry to the nth level; they do this to hide or avoid their true identity, and intentions, feelings, and motivations being detected or discovered by mimicking other people's personalities; premeditated yes, but not for gain, loss, revenge, hate, or power, just indifference. A psychopath lacks empathy, the measuring stick that gauges feelings; they do not feel the difference. They can only imitate them.
Someone, unfortunately, gets into their sights because they somehow rubbed them the wrong way. Since the psychopath has no feelings, they can feel intrusion, then the "fight the enemy!" reaction sets in, gets out of hand, and then kills!
Deliberately or not, it doesn't matter to the psychopath. Sometimes, I believe it's just a plain need or urge to eliminate something, like a type of dysphoria; sometimes, "Gotta break out of that paper bag!" And sometimes it's just to get attention; "Look at me! I'm the big guy! You should be scared of me!" Or an attention seeker, good or bad, it doesn't matter.
I had the opportunity to see both sides of this fence in action. I have some reasonably good knowledge of the inner workings of the mind, and empathy got me there. Let's see what - Google Search - has to say about it.
- GOOGLE SEARCH -
psychopaths
"Yes, psychopaths can mimic emotions and adapt their behavior to appear normal, which can make them seem like copycats. They may use this mimicry to avoid being detected."
Explanation:
- Mimicry: Psychopaths can mimic emotions accurately, especially fearful expressions. They can also mimic polite behaviors to appear charming.
- Adaptability: Psychopaths can adapt their mimicry to the type of relationship they want to be in. For example, they may mimic someone they are dating to appear more attractive.
- Media influence: Media can influence copycat crimes by providing a blueprint for criminals to follow. Sensationalized crime reports can expose copycat criminals to the people they imitate.
- Psychopaths: are often described as having a lack of empathy, which means they struggle to understand how others feel. They may also be prone to criminal or violent behavior and may not feel remorse or guilt for their actions.
I would like to share all the knowledge I have accumulated with you as long as I can, especially given the insanity that will soon be rampant.
The Fairy Lady
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Mimetismo Psicopático:
La pregunta que muchos se hacen es: ¿pueden los psicópatas imitar las emociones y el comportamiento de otros, y por qué?
Los psicópatas son capaces de adaptar su comportamiento para parecer normales imitando lo que han aprendido a través de la experiencia para ayudar a su percepción de lo que otros perciben como normal. No es necesariamente que al psicópata le importe la diferencia entre lo que es y lo que no es normal, bueno o malo.
Esta capacidad de copiar otros rasgos y personalidades en un grado suficiente puede hacerlos invisibles para la población general. Cuando los encuentras en la calle, parecen individuos normales, no como imitadores amateurs descarados de un idiota que se volvió loco.
Nuestros camaleones psicópatas practican el mimetismo al máximo nivel; lo hacen para ocultar o evitar que su verdadera identidad, intenciones, sentimientos y motivaciones sean detectados o descubiertos al imitar las personalidades de otras personas; premeditado sí, pero no por ganancia, pérdida, venganza, odio o poder, solo indiferencia. Un psicópata carece de empatía, la vara de medir que mide los sentimientos; no siente la diferencia. Sólo puede imitarlos.
Desafortunadamente, alguien se pone en su punto de mira porque de alguna manera lo ha molestado. Como el psicópata no tiene sentimientos, puede sentir una intrusión, entonces se instala la reacción de "¡lucha contra el enemigo!", se sale de control y luego mata.
Deliberadamente o no, al psicópata no le importa. A veces, creo que es simplemente una necesidad o un impulso de eliminar algo, como un tipo de disforia; a veces, "¡Tengo que salir de esa bolsa de papel!" Y a veces es simplemente para llamar la atención: "¡Mírame! ¡Soy el grandullón! ¡Deberías tener miedo de mí!" O un buscador de atención, bueno o malo, no importa.
Tuve la oportunidad de ver ambos lados de esta valla en acción. Tengo un conocimiento razonablemente bueno del funcionamiento interno de la mente, y la empatía me llevó allí. Veamos qué tiene que decir Google Search al respecto.
- BÚSQUEDA DE GOOGLE -
psicópatas
"Sí, los psicópatas pueden imitar emociones y adaptar su comportamiento para parecer normales, lo que puede hacerlos parecer imitadores. Pueden usar esta imitación para evitar ser detectados".
Explicación:
- Mimetismo: Los psicópatas pueden imitar emociones con precisión, especialmente expresiones de miedo. También pueden imitar comportamientos educados para parecer encantadores.
- Adaptabilidad: Los psicópatas pueden adaptar su imitación al tipo de relación en la que quieren estar. Por ejemplo, pueden imitar a alguien con quien están saliendo para parecer más atractivos.
- Influencia de los medios: Los medios pueden influir en los delitos de imitación al proporcionar un modelo a seguir para los delincuentes. Los informes sensacionalistas sobre delitos pueden exponer a los delincuentes imitadores a las personas a las que imitan.
- A menudo se describe a los psicópatas como personas que carecen de empatía, lo que significa que tienen dificultades para comprender cómo se sienten los demás. También pueden ser propensos a un comportamiento delictivo o violento y pueden no sentir remordimiento o culpa por sus acciones.
Me gustaría compartir con vosotros todo el conocimiento que he acumulado durante el mayor tiempo posible, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta la locura que pronto se desatará.
La Dama de Hadas
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOPATHY AND INTELLIGENCE
ReplyDeleteDr. Todd
This video answers the question: What is the relationship between heroism and psychopathy? First let's start with the concept of psychopathy. Psychopathy is really a paradox in terms of the traits that are encompassed in the definition. Oftentimes we see psychopathy divided into two factors, factor 1 and factor 2 traits. There's this two-factor model and sometimes we also see three and four factor models of psychopathy.
Some of the traits we see associated with psychopathy would include superficial charm, low anxiety, grandiosity, antisocial behavior, low levels of empathy, or lack of empathy, impulsivity, irresponsibility, and sensation-seeking. Now we can think about these two factors I mentioned before as interpersonal/emotional as one and lifestyle-behavioral as the other.
With factor 1 we see traits like that superficial charm and grandiosity and with factor 2, we see antisocial behaviors, impulsivity, irresponsibility, and sensation-seeking. Generally, we think of factor 1 as primary psychopathy and factor 2 as secondary psychopathy. I talk about these constructs in a prior video. Now we can also look at psychopathy from a slightly different angle by using an instrument that's very popular to measure psychopathy:
Psychopathic Personality Inventory Revised. Here we see dimensions like dominance like physical fearlessness, stress, immunity, and that superficial charm (this is usually considered adaptive). We also see self-centered impulsivity. This has the antisocial traits under it and coldheartedness, which would be lack of empathy, lack of guilt, and lack of attachment to other people.
This brings me to the idea of successful psychopathy. This is a theory on the study of psychopathy and it says that some of the traits associated with success really align with some of the traits we see with psychopathy like narcissism, fearlessness, and sensation-seeking.
We know from studies on leadership for example that there are both pros and cons associated with psychopathic traits. On the positive side we see strategic thinking, better communication skills, and high levels of conscientiousness. On the negative side we see individuals who are poor team players and have dysfunctional management styles. With the theory of successful psychopathy in mind we take a look at the particular studies here related to psychopathy and heroism.
What were the results from these studies? When they compared first responders and a number of heroic acts to a control group they found that both heroism and altruism were positively associated with narcissism, boldness, and sensation-seeking but also with interpersonal workplace deviance and workplace conduct problems.
So what we really see here from this study is that there's a theory that antisocial and prosocial behaviors are opposite poles of the same dimension. But that doesn't seem to be the case. These results indicate that antisocial and prosocial behaviors relate in a more complex way. Now a word of caution about these results, and this was made clear in both of these studies, this doesn't mean that first responders have psychopathy. That's not what's indicated by these results. It means that there are certain psychopathic traits that were more elevated in first responders.
Another important point when interpreting the results of these studies is the psychopathy is complex and dimensional. These are several traits that load together on this construct of psychopathy but together they represent a paradox. We see adaptive traits and maladaptive traits. So somebody really isn't psychopathic or not psychopathic, rather there are particular levels on certain traits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWO8iXFhPdU