"Autism spectrum disorder and psychopathy: shared cognitive underpinnings or double hit?"

[BrokenBoy]

Ok so I found this study that involved measuring antisocial (not be confused with asocial) personality traits within a large group of individuals with ASD and comes to the conclusion that there is
"a ‘double hit’ involving an additional impairment of empathic response to distress cues, which is
not part and parcel of ASD itself.".

I find this study very interesting because I'm fascinated about the subject of antisocial behaviors and personality traits within people with ASD.

What do you guys think?

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/11879/1/11879.pdf

 

[SusanLR]

I am always interested in these personailty traits also.
That was quite an in depth read.

The one thing I kept seeing was knowing if a certain act is normal or very un-normal
if shown a picture of something like a guy beating another with a hammer. (hypothetical example)

A person without the psychopathic traits would say it is very un-normal.
The psychopathic trait person would also say it is very un-normal. Knowing by social standards,
it is. The difference would be the non-psychopathic would feel an internal emotion of disgust at
the sight. The psychopath wouldn't give a hoot.

 

[BrokenBoy]

I am always interested in these personailty traits also.
That was quite an in depth read.

The one thing I kept seeing was knowing if a certain act is normal or very un-normal
if shown a picture of something like a guy beating another with a hammer. (hypothetical example)

A person without the psychopathic traits would say it is very un-normal.
The psychopathic trait person would also say it is very un-normal. Knowing by social standards,
it is. The difference would be the non-psychopathic would feel an internal emotion of disgust at
the sight. The psychopath wouldn't give a hoot.

I'm sure a normal person wouldn't care if it was someone they hated.

 

[SusanLR]

I'm sure a normal person wouldn't care if it was someone they hated.

Not sure. It is complex.
People always say don't do it. You think it will make you feel better, but, you'll regret it the rest of
your life.
Don't know if that is true or not.

Then there is another group type I don't really know what their classifications would be... Assasins.
Of course money is the reward, but, they don't know the person they are hired to remove, so they
would not be doing it out of hate/anger/revenge.
Yet they feel nothing when they do the job.
Psychopaths usually do things for an emotional reason.

I was thinking about this last night after watching a movie about an assasin.
What psychological label would their personality be?