Courtney Moore

Ms. Coco
English 1001
3 November 2016
Audience: My audience is to the common people without a true understanding of what makes a
psychopath and how much alike they seem to be to the normal person.
Psychopath vs. Normal: How different are they?
Preface: I feel that my idea for the paper works well. I am giving a similarity psychopaths show,
and then I give what separates them and what doesnt. I need to find a better way to cite my
work, along with better transitioning. I have huge trouble with citing my work which proves to
make the paper more challenging. I would like to focus on whether I added enough information
to where my main point in each paragraph is understood and if it agrees with my inquiry
question and audience.
From general knowledge and research, I can confirm that the general publics definition
of a psychopath is someone with no emotions and reoccurring habits that dont fit the normal
persons stature. Basically, does things that a normal person wouldnt do. What is it that makes
a psychopath different, or stand out from the normal person.? Ive read on the internet that there
are normal people that show signs of no emotions as well as weird obsessive habits. So how do
we tell the difference between someone with a psychological defect? What makes them stand out
from the normal people of society? Most importantly, what makes them different?
There are about seven billion or more people on this planet which means there are as
many as seventy thousand psychopaths alive today. They have been put into a classified category
being risk takers, opportunists with greed as their motivation, by manipulative means dominate
others. This is a category that some businessmen, or someone that jumps out of plans for a living
may fit into. The fact that normal everyday people fit into these typical categories of potential

psychopaths is a reason why it is important to know what makes them stand out. Some people
remain nave to the fact that not all psychopaths show their disability, which makes them even
more dangerous. This will serve as an eyeopener to how much alike a psychopath is to the
normal people, as well as what is the big difference about the them.
Around 1950 Robert D Hare created whats now called the Hare Psychopathy Checklist.
It was made to identify psychopaths and was revised throughout the years. Some of which you
may can relate to yourself, a friend, or maybe even a family member. The checklist was as
follows:

Per Robert D Hare

One relatable aspect on the list is number four which uses pathological lying s a pin point
for psychopaths. Pathological lying is defined as continuous lying along with how frequently one
lies. It requires a large amount of brain power which John Pemment sums up when he says,
Lying is a form of creation, and creation is hard work. In your lifetime, you have probably run

across those people who seems as if lying is their hobby. Therefore, we cannot pin point a
psychopath just off this trait. If so, most of the world would be considered psychopaths.
However, there is evidence shown in the brain that suggest the reason pathological liars lie, as
well as why this trait may be associated with psychopaths.
Yang et al. (2005) found that neurotic liars have more pre-frontal white matter by
referring to the diagnostic criteria from the PCL-R and the DSM-IV for obsessive lying,
misdirection, and conning conduct. White matter builds in the frontal lobe in a structure called
the corpus callosum which is supposed to regress with age. However, it is shown in psychopaths
to remain large (Pemment,2).
Even though psychopaths are mentally ill, they still are among the community. Some
even obtain jobs and go to college. Psychopaths have proved to show some sort of emotion
deficit in the community, along with irregular reduced heart rate. In contrast, studies show
temporarily employment agencies see psychopaths have enhanced brain function and leadership
qualities (Gao and Raine, 202).

Works Cited
Yu Gao, and Adrian Raine. "Successful and Unsuccessful Psychopaths: A
Neurobiological Model." Behavioral Sciences & The Law28.2 (2010): 194-210. Academic
Search Complete. Web. 9 Nov. 2016

Pemment, Jack. The Reappearing Psychopath: Psychopaths Stain on Future

Generations. Elsevier, 2015.

My next steps for this paper are

Include more citing

Talk about how emotions dont have anything to do with psychopaths
Explain how children are reliable or identification
Explain other evidence that show theyre not reliable
Give example of how test shows psychopaths think the same