Are psychopaths always dangerous? Can an online test tell you if you are one? Is your boss secretly a psychopath? Dr. Eric Bender dives into Reddit to separate psychopathy fact from fiction, covering the brain science, the difference between psychopaths and sociopaths, the myths that won't die, and which movie psychopaths Hollywood actually got right.
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0:00 Rabbit Hole: Psychopathy
0:21 What is psychopathy?
1:18 Are psychopaths always dangerous?
1:41 The most realistic movie psychopaths
3:37 "Psycho" vs. psychotic
4:45 Signs someone might be a psychopath
5:11 The MacDonald triad myth
6:15 Inside the psychopathic brain
7:36 Are all psychopaths sadists?
7:58 Do serial killers without psychopathy exist?
9:29 Are most CEOs really psychopaths?
10:17 Is there a psychopath test?
11:44 Sociopath vs. psychopath
13:30 Do psychopaths know they're psychopaths?
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