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A sociopath is a type of psychopath, a pathology of behavior that lies exclusively in the sphere of social behavior, an individual with a clinical inability to adapt to human society. The term, as well as the diagnosis of "sociopathy," has not found application in Soviet and Russian psychiatry and is used in practice mainly by European and American psychiatrists. A sociopath is an individual who is antisocial at his core and, as a result, is always in conflict, but does not learn from unpleasant experiences and punishments that are the result of his own deviant behavior. He lacks loyalty to society and those around him, including his closest people. His pathology lies in his inability to behave – to observe the norms of behavior accepted in a given society, to be responsible for his actions, and to respect the rights of others. In other words, a sociopath is socially defective. A basic ethological characteristic of a sociopath is that, no matter how pathological his actions may seem to other people, he himself does not feel guilty because of them, but at the same time, he is not devoid of critical perception of his behavior, like an idiot; it is simply that this perception is distorted in him. For a sociopath, there is no usual system of values; he treats human life as such with complete disregard. The mental balance of a sociopath can be disrupted by any trifle: any image, smell, sound, color. Something disrupts the internal well-being of a defective personality, and the sociopath instantly becomes enraged, outwardly similar to the manifestations of ordinary psychosis. A sociopath often has the ability to gain respect and love from people of certain psychotypes and to achieve their obedience. He knows how to act correctly, but he is not interested in it. He lacks conscience; he does not experience or hardly experiences feelings of remorse, anxiety, or guilt in cases where normal people may experience these feelings. The further the pathology progresses, the more firmly the sociopath is convinced that the evil he does is actually good. Sociopathy is especially subtly veiled in those cases when the latent goals of behavior are clearly deviant, but the behavior itself produces the impression of being normal, until finally the true intentions of the sociopath are revealed. Sociopaths often realize themselves in various kinds of sectarian movements. According to Robert Campbell, the most dangerous sociopaths are capable not only of behaving correctly but also of isolating their followers from sources of information that contradict what they say publicly. The sociopath creates a situation in which people have the opportunity to listen only to his "teaching." He makes himself the supreme authority, does not encourage independent thinking in his listeners. He does not want them to check whether his knowledge is correct or not. He proceeds from the assumption that anyone who disagrees with him is wrong.