{"id":2432,"date":"2023-05-05T17:12:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T21:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/daniellerousseau\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2023-05-08T12:08:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T16:08:54","slug":"should-i-be-worried-about-meeting-a-psychopath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/daniellerousseau\/2023\/05\/05\/should-i-be-worried-about-meeting-a-psychopath\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I Be Worried About Meeting a Psychopath?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The short answer is no. Less than 2% of the population can be diagnosed as a psychopath (Iken, 2023). Even less than that will do physical harm. Of course, emotional damage is just as significant. If you work in politics or business, you most likely know a psychopath already. Business, along with temp jobs, is where many psychopaths choose to work. For temp jobs, this difference is that they can stay in one place for a short time. It is a short-term job where they are not expected to be the best in their field. So they can cause as much harm as they want and will not have to stay there very long (Raine, 2013).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you are concerned that you could end up being friends with or dating someone who is a psychopath, you can learn the signs. You can not ideally prevent yourself from avoiding psychopaths because the functioning ones could be working alongside you. An example from 2016 was when within a business group, one member named Bob would always say he could take on new projects. The rest of the group knew they would end up doing all the work because Bob did not do it. It might seem to higher-ups or supervisors that he is getting the job done because he is at all the meetings and might even be running them. However, he will pass on all the work to someone else (Myron Beard, 2022).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As frustrating and stressful as this is, it could happen to you even if there is not a psychopath around. Some people do not want to put the work in. And if you know the signs you are looking for, you can mostly avoid them. The percentage is low, and once you know the signs you are looking for, you should not worry too much about running into a psychopath.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">References:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Iken, H. (2023, May 2).\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">20 ways to spot the psychopath in your life<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Ayo and Iken. Retrieved May 5, 2023, from https:\/\/www.myfloridalaw.com\/twenty-ways-to-spot-the-psychopath-in-your-life\/\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Myron Beard, P. D. (2022, September 7).\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">High-functioning psychopaths in the workplace<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Myron Beard Executive Consulting. Retrieved May 5, 2023, from http:\/\/www.beardexecutiveconsulting.com\/beware-the-charming-psychopath\/\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Raine, A. (2013).\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Random House LLC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Webb, C. H. (2022).\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The problem of psychopathy<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Psychology Today. Retrieved May 5, 2023, from https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/drawing-the-curtains-back\/202203\/the-problem-psychopathy\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The short answer is no. Less than 2% of the population can be diagnosed as a psychopath (Iken, 2023). Even less than that will do physical harm. Of course, emotional damage is just as significant. If you work in politics or business, you most likely know a psychopath already. 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