Psychopathic individuals have the ability to empathize -- they just don't like to

[LiberalArkie]

Individuals with high levels of psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism — known as the “dark triad” of personality traits — do not appear to have an impaired ability to empathize, according to new research published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences. But these individuals are not inclined to use this ability.

“There seems to be so many misunderstandings about ‘normal’ psychopaths among us,” remarked study author Petri Kajonius, an associate professor in psychology at University West in Sweden.

“Sometimes psychopaths (people with dark traits) are understood as callous persons, not being able to empathize with others, while at other times they are understood as fully functional in that regard, but just don’t care. We wanted to find out what the data in a HR-community sample, purposed to be in tune with personnel, would say?”

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https://www.psypost.org/2019/12/psychopathic-individuals-have-the-ability-to-empathize-they-just-dont-like-to-55022

[dewsgirl]

1. At first glance, I thought that was Joseph Fiennes, Fred Waterford

the Handmaid's Tale.

[Farmer-Rick]

2. Yes, the people with dark traits can still empathize

But later in the article it says this doesn't apply to psychopaths or sociopaths.

[Maru Kitteh]

3. Trump does not seem to have even a basic understanding of the lived experience of others.

He knows how to poke an anthill, and he learned how to get sex with both violent and non-violent methods, but he's continually mystified when he's confronted with a situation where he's actually expected to "human." Like giving a huge grin and thumbs up at the 9-11 memorial, tossing paper towels at disaster victims, and it's why he needed a cheat-sheet to feign empathy and emotion with shooting victims.




Trump Used a Cheat Sheet to Remind Him to Show Empathy to School Shooting Survivors
https://www.spin.com/2018/02/trump-school-shooting-listening-session-cheat-sheet/