Can You Guess Which Profession Has the Most Psychopaths?

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Can You Guess Which Profession Has the Most Psychopaths?
Apparently, one should never, ever cross a clergyman, chef... or TV host

By Kiki Van Son - October 31, 2013

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We’re all a teensy bit mad, but how many true psychopaths do we have among us? Apparently, more than you think.

“Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has been variously described as characterized by shallow emotions (in particular reduced fear), stress tolerance, lacking empathy, coldheartedness, lacking guilt, egocentricity, superficial character, manipulativeness, irresponsibility, impulsivity, and antisocial behaviors such as parasitic lifestyle and criminality,” explains Eric Barker, in The Week.

Now, think about all the people who might fit that description. Then, compare it to the list psychologist Kevin Dutton compiled in The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success. Here are the 10 most likely professions for psychopaths and the 10 least likely.

Most likely to be psychopathic

1. CEO
2. Lawyer
3. TV/radio personality
4. Salesperson
5. Surgeon
6. Journalist
7. Police Officer
8. Clergyperson
9. Chef
10. Civil Servant

Least likely to stab you in the back (literally)

1. Care aide
2. Nurse
3. Therapist
4. Craftsperson
5. Beautician/stylist
6. Charity worker
7. Teacher
8. Artist
9. Doctor
10. Accountant

All the professions on the least likely list require empathy, the ability to see through someone else’s eyes and really feel for them. These roles don’t offer much power and require human connection -- characteristics that don’t excite the egocentric and manipulative psychopath.

All the professions on the most likely list require power and objective thinking. The company falls apart if the CEO doesn’t see his employees as profit margins; the surgeon chokes if he doesn’t reduce his patient to a function; the lawyer fails himself and his client if he doesn’t win the argument, regardless of who's right or wrong. If these people made decisions based on feelings, they would pretty much be fired.

The link: Can You Guess Which Professions Have the Most Psychopaths? - iVillage

 

[Khaos]

Well what about a standard psychologist? These people deal with plenty of people with mental illnesses, day and night. You'd think at some point, all of that psychological babble, would just cause them to snap.

 

[TnWatchdog]

I knew the lawyers would be on the list but civil servants should top the list, although the list doesn't necessarily list them in order due to the amount of nuts in each profession.. You can picture the chef going off in the kitchen after someone was bitching about the food.

 

[Samstwitch]

Can You Guess Which Profession Has the Most Psychopaths?

That's easy to answer...the U.S. Government...and I'm not kidding.

 

[Techciple]

I was going to say Engineers, but we don't even get a mention. That's probably because we are such stable, well rounded individuals. Or not.