SOC 1167 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-11: Narcissism, Psychopathy, O. J. Simpson

• School: Temple University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1167
• Professor: Michael Altimore

Document Summary

Sociopath- a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is anisocial, oten criminal, and lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience. American is evolving toward a full-blown sociopathic society. We sill have a chance to change but our society is increasingly structured to turn people and insituions toward sociopathic behavior that harms other individuals and enire socieies. Societal breakdown- the economic elite have launched an atack on the us public and society is unraveling at an increased rate. A sociopathic society creates dominate social norms that are anisocial that assault the well being and survival of much of the populaion and undermine the social bonds. Sociopathic behavior whether pracice by individuals or insituions can be physically violent but more oten is not etc the ceos of big banks during the great recession all got bonuses ater they drove a country into a ditch. Sociopathic insituions rule the landscape of sociopathic society.