Do You Work With a Psychopath?

Despite the popular perception, most psychopaths aren’t cold-blooded or psychotic killers. 

Research suggests many of them live successfully among the rest of us, using their personality traits to get what they want in life.

It has even been claimed that some of the world’s most powerful and successful people, including American presidents, exhibit traits of the behavioural disorder. 

Here, writing for The Conversation, Scott Lilienfeld, professor of psychology at Emory University and student Ashley Watts reveal the theory behind ‘successful psychopathy’.

Psychopathy is not easily defined, but most psychologists view it as a personality disorder characterised by superficial charm with profound dishonesty, callousness, and poor impulse control.

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