Hmm. Unreformable? It doesn't appear so. As the case with the police using reverse psychotic techniques encouraged the perp to brag, we could also find out other techniques that show these types of people how to care. Now, they may not have empathy. Not everyone does in the same degree, but that's ok, as that is what makes us unique.
The interesting research would be to see if there are techniques that would help a psychopath to integrate into society while limiting destructive tendencies. Perhaps others are doing this research, but Ive heard none of it.
> As the case with the police using reverse psychotic techniques encouraged the perp to brag, we could also find out other techniques that show these types of people how to care.
The conclusion doesn't seem to follow from the premise. Can you fill in some more of the intermediate steps?
Sorry, I was just presuming another path of treatment would be possible.
As evidenced in the article, normal people show remorse after committing violent crimes. Police take that as a way to focus their attention during an interrogation to get the suspect to admit fault. In a psychopaths case, appeals to emotioon does not work. Instead the example that worked was to compare to the "greats" of what they committed. That lead the suspect to start bragging and admit fault.
Perhaps, in this similar vein, that psychopaths are trainable. They have different emotional processes and thoughts. Perhaps we can make a training course that focuses on using their uniqueness to reform them.
And as I said, these steps would require a great deal of research with all types of psychopaths, and not just the ones in prison.
That's just it. You can teach a sociopath to "care". They tend to figure it out for themselves. That's what makes them so dangerous. I've read some articles that claim that therapy (as it stands now) makes them worse for this reason, they get better at faking.
Not to say we should give up, just saying it's not a simple thing to approach.
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Hmm. Unreformable? It doesn't appear so. As the case with the police using reverse psychotic techniques encouraged the perp to brag, we could also find out other techniques that show these types of people how to care. Now, they may not have empathy. Not everyone does in the same degree, but that's ok, as that is what makes us unique.
The interesting research would be to see if there are techniques that would help a psychopath to integrate into society while limiting destructive tendencies. Perhaps others are doing this research, but Ive heard none of it.
> As the case with the police using reverse psychotic techniques encouraged the perp to brag, we could also find out other techniques that show these types of people how to care.
The conclusion doesn't seem to follow from the premise. Can you fill in some more of the intermediate steps?
Sorry, I was just presuming another path of treatment would be possible.
As evidenced in the article, normal people show remorse after committing violent crimes. Police take that as a way to focus their attention during an interrogation to get the suspect to admit fault. In a psychopaths case, appeals to emotioon does not work. Instead the example that worked was to compare to the "greats" of what they committed. That lead the suspect to start bragging and admit fault.
Perhaps, in this similar vein, that psychopaths are trainable. They have different emotional processes and thoughts. Perhaps we can make a training course that focuses on using their uniqueness to reform them.
And as I said, these steps would require a great deal of research with all types of psychopaths, and not just the ones in prison.
The article actually mentions a rehabilitation plan based on the subject's self-interest.
That's just it. You can teach a sociopath to "care". They tend to figure it out for themselves. That's what makes them so dangerous. I've read some articles that claim that therapy (as it stands now) makes them worse for this reason, they get better at faking.
Not to say we should give up, just saying it's not a simple thing to approach.