Dutton's Psychological Theories

Throughout all of Dutton’s theories and tendencies, he puts forward the argument that society as a whole is more psychopathic than ever: “after all, psychopaths tend to be fearless, confident, charming, ruthless, and focused―qualities that are tailor-made for success in the twenty-first century.” Dutton’s main theory or finding was the fact that although there are already a lot of diagnosed psychopaths in this world, the percentage is rising everyday. It has gone from 2%-78% in the past 20 years and the number is still growing. One of the customers who bought Dutton’s book wrote a review and said, “If you've ever thought your boss is a psychopath, you may be right, according to psychologist Kevin Dutton. And if you're a top-flight markets
“Something told me he might be making it up” (page xviii). When you have a conversation with a possible psychopath, you could leave the conversation saying something along those lines. There are many indications that you yourself are a psychopath or you are near or friends with one. “To find out, Meloy asked 450 criminal justice and mental health professionals whether they’d experience such odd physical reactions when interviewing a psychopathic subject”. I think this quote was very interesting because the amount of people they interviewed asking if they experienced odd physical reactions was quite interesting. After reading the book, I had a much better and clearer understanding of how a psychopath brain works and Dutton’s perspective all about psychopaths. I also thought that a “psychopath” was a terrible thing, yet after reading his works, it’s less scary and alarming and somehow a bit more commonplace, but still
Throughout the unit in class where we learned about psychopaths, sociopaths, and personality disorders it was really cool to read the book during the same time and compare and be able to relate our class work to Dutton’s theories. We looked at the DSM-IV definition, “A personality disorder, characterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for, or violation of, the rights of others. An impoverished moral sense or conscience is often apparent, as well as a history of crime, legal problems, and/or impulsive and aggressive behavior.” For this assignment, I decided it was best for me to get the audiobook along with the hard copy, because I drive a lot, so it was useful for me to be able to listen to the book, and read the hard copy later to refresh my memory and let me understand the material more. I was really looking forward to watching a movie that was connected to the book, however they did not make one. As much as I get freaked out that I could be or people around me could be psychopaths, I am always very intrigued listening to people's stories and watching movies related to that topic.
I thought this was a solid book, with an interesting premise but I found it to be lacking in depth in some places but still got the point across. It's more of a exploration