Both psychopath and sociopath falls under the category of antisocial personality

disorder; that is, personalities "involving impulsive, selfish, unscrupulous, and

even criminal behavior" (Bernstein, Penner, Clarke-Stewart, & Rogy, 2008. p. 629).

Authors, Douglas A. Bernstein, Louis A. Penner, Alision Clarke-Stewart, and Edward

J. Rogy, describes antisocial personality disorder individual as follows:

"They are charming, intelligent fast talkers who borrow money and fail to return
it. They are arrogant and self-centered manipulators who con people into doing
things for them, usually by lying and taking advantage of peoples decency and
trust. A hallmark of people with antisocial personality disorder is a lack of
anxiety, remorse, or guilt, whether they have wrecked a borrowed car or killed an
innocent person" (2008. p. 630).

The key distinction between psychopath and sociopath lies in the cause of of the
mental illness; the former derives his illness from innate personality
characteristic encompassing that of genetics, whereas the later derives his illness
from social and environmental influences (Schmalleger, 2014, p. 66). Another way
of wording this is that with sociopath, with time they can change their actions and
behaviors by changing their social life and environmental settings. Whereas
psychopath are and remain psychopath regardless of a shift in environment.

References:

Bernstein, D. A., Penner, L. A., Clarke-Stewart, A., and Rogy, E. J. (2008).

Psychology. (8th ed.). Houghton Mifflin Company.

Schmalleger, F. (2014). Criminalogy. (2nd ed.). Pearson Education, Inc.