Social categorisation for beginners

[andrewducker]

1.) People who don't grok social cues = Asperger's Syndrome
2.) People who see, yet choose not to acknowledge social cues = Quite possibly Sociopathic
3.) People who only use social "cues" (hints) to communicate = Passive Aggressive

Stolen from the ever-sparkly autodidactic

Comments

[dapperscavenger.livejournal.com]

In regards to #2 - a sociopath does not 'choose' to misinterpret social cues. I believe also that is more a case of misinterpretation than non-acknowledgement, as my brother (who is a sociopath) says his problem is that he can take things the wrong way. Which leads to badness.

[andrewducker]

What kind of wrong ways? Because sociopaths tend to also respond to things in an aggressive way. It's not that they don't necessarily fail to understand - it's a lack of caring about the person they're dealing with.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

Don't we all have the ability to know that something we do will upset/hurt someone - but to do it regardless? Or to know something will please them and not to do it.

imo, sociopathy seems like being more calculated about everything, and only doing what achieves your own personal goals (long or short term). Which might include being nice to people if that works better, or being nasty if that works better - each interaction on its own benefits - or maybe part of a calculated chain.

Everybody does this to varying degrees - so where is the cutoff point?

[andrewducker]

I wasn't trying to imply that I knew more about your brother's behaviour than you, by the way - just curious as to his behaviour.

[marrog.livejournal.com]

...or maybe that's what he'd like you to think...

Sorry, you probably get badly informed sociopath jokes all the time. Or maybe there are few people in the world as tasteless as me. It's a toss-up.