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

[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?