One thing that Daniel and I talked about in our hitchhiking and other Italian adventures was the different ways that people perceive time and how we thought sociopaths tended to experience time.
I learned that Philip Zimbardo (of Stanford Prison Experiment fame) had a book out in the last decade talking about the different ways that people can and do perceive time.
I wonder if y'all wouldn't mind completing this short test Zimbardo uses to suss out who perceives time in what ways: http://www.thetimeparadox.com/zimbardo-time-perspective-inventory/
And then if you could report what you got in the comments with a rough score on what you are 1-10 in terms of sociopathic traits (bell-curve style, like I was probably an 8 at my peak, now a 7.5 and 10 is basically not functional in modern society without a ton of special accommodations), I'm interested to see if Daniel's observations are correct. Maybe even tell me what type of sociopath you consider yourself, male/female, low or high functioning, successful or struggles, that sort of thing.
Thanks friends!
I learned that Philip Zimbardo (of Stanford Prison Experiment fame) had a book out in the last decade talking about the different ways that people can and do perceive time.
I wonder if y'all wouldn't mind completing this short test Zimbardo uses to suss out who perceives time in what ways: http://www.thetimeparadox.com/zimbardo-time-perspective-inventory/
And then if you could report what you got in the comments with a rough score on what you are 1-10 in terms of sociopathic traits (bell-curve style, like I was probably an 8 at my peak, now a 7.5 and 10 is basically not functional in modern society without a ton of special accommodations), I'm interested to see if Daniel's observations are correct. Maybe even tell me what type of sociopath you consider yourself, male/female, low or high functioning, successful or struggles, that sort of thing.
Thanks friends!
Time Perspective
ReplyDeletePast-negative: 3.20
Past-positive: 3.56
Present-fatalistic: 2.78
Present-hedonistic: 3.93
Future: 2.92
Not sure what my sociopath score is... but evidently I am pretty well rounded according to this :)
I also do not believe I am a full blown soc either maybe tendencies and high functioning.
Delete2.50
Delete2.00
2.78
4.00
3.15
7.
Ish.
Maybe 7.5 on a bad day.
Or good day.
Depends on the viewpoint I guess.
High functioning.
Ish.
On a good day.
DeletePast-negative: 2.00
Past-positive: 2.56
Present-fatalistic: 2.56
Present-hedonistic: 3.47
Future: 3.46
Not a socio. More schizoid. But maybe we should post our Levenson self report scores.
Primary: 2.6
Secondary: 2.4
But I don't relate to the frame of reference in that test
Decided to take the levenson test out of curiosity and i got a 3.5 for primary and 3.9 for secondary
DeletePast-Negative: 2.1
ReplyDeletePast-Positive: 3.67
Present Fatalism: 1.67
Present Hedonism: 4.33
Future: 3.69
My score is about 7.5-8.7 at most. I am a female. I consider myself to be pretty high-functioning (I've consulted a psychologist about my sociopathy and it was nice overall). I can't exactly predict whether or not I will be a successful professional yet, since I am just starting with college.
Past-negative: 2.00
ReplyDeletePast-positive: 2.11
Present-fatalistic: 2.89
Present-hedonistic: 3.73
Future: 3.08
I'd say I'm a 6ish, I'm pretty functional, no empathy but I'm not that impulsive either. Kinda in the middle.
socios appear to think that the past is just a misty dream & that today is the only reality? Bad psychos in prison seem to think that its rather pointless to dwell on past crimes, and just seem to think that do-gooders that keep reminding them about those events are more boring than grey paint?
ReplyDeleteThanks for this key which is going to help me to understand my struggles
ReplyDeleteMy results :
Passé négatif: 3,40
Passé positif: 2,11
Présent fataliste: 2,67
Présent hédoniste: 4,47
Avenir: 3,15
Not supposed to be a sociopath but a woman with borderline personality disorder, high functioning and emotional hypersensitivity
Past-negative: 3.20
ReplyDeletePast-positive: 2.56
Present-fatalistic: 3.33
Present-hedonistic: 4.20
Future: 2.00
Maybe a 4-6? Unlikely much higher.
Time Perspective
ReplyDeletePast-negative: 1.90
Past-positive: 2.67
Present-fatalistic: 1.78
Present-hedonistic: 3.60
Future: 3.77
Definitely not a sociopath. But I was bitten by one about 8 years ago. People do change. I am one of them.
Just did the levenson test.
DeletePrimary: 2.6
Secondary: 2.1
I am quite sure it would have been different 10 years ago. I am female and consider myself successful in my personal life as well as my professional life.
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ReplyDeletePast-negative: 2.00
ReplyDeletePast-positive: 1.78
Present-fatalistic: 1.89
Present-hedonistic: 4.00
Future: 1.62
As for sociopathic traits... 7-ish?
My levenson self-report score: primary 3.3 and secondary 3.9
Past-negative: 3.80
ReplyDeletePast-positive: 2.67
Present-fatalistic: 2.00
Present-hedonistic: 4.53
Future: 2.85
sociopathic traits: 7-7.5???
go to here see what the score mean: https://psychcentral.com/lib/whats-your-time-perspective/
Past-negative: 1.80
ReplyDeletePast-positive: 1.22
Present-fatalistic: 2.89
Present-hedonistic: 2.13
Future: 3.54
The past can eat a dick. It happens, process, integrate, move on. The present is fine, because you've structured everything about it to generate and accumulate the only thing that matters for the future: optionality.
Self-rate? 6.5? 7? "Bell-curve" was the request but that implies that a perfectly normal person is a 5, and I'm thinking that wasn't the intention. Regardless, very high functioning, successful, but getting more soc as I get older so we'll see how that works out.
Past-negative: 2.90
ReplyDeletePast-positive: 2.78
Present-fatalistic: 3.11
Present-hedonistic: 3.60
Future: 2.31
Sociopathic traits around 7 (not even sure how I'm supposed to measure that accurately)
I'd say low functioning at this point in time though I have been very high functioning in the pas. I am exhausted by the mask and don't bother wearing it as much as I should, but that's fine since I have basically isolated myself from human contact. Who knows, maybe I'll recharge and become more functioning again in the future.
"-Don´t give me the travel & friends crap" said a dragon in a fairytale. And continued: "-A rather sure sign sombeody is a psycho is when the person (so to speak) weighs everybody in a room and comes to the conclusion that he´s the smartest person there. It´s somehow so important. I´m not a cuddle-dragon and don´t like to be have my scales polished."
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ReplyDeletePast-negative: 2.00
ReplyDeletePast-positive: 2.11
Present-fatalistic: 2.89
Present-hedonistic: 4.07
Future: 2.62
Sociopathic score 8.5
19, female, very high functioning
I heard that each time you look back on a memory it becomes less accurate. So there's literally no point recalling a memory for the sake of pleasure, because chances are you are 95% lying to yourself, trying to make it better than it actually was in that moment. You can never move forward if you are thinking of the past, good or bad - because nothing exists outside the present moment, in which everything that you know, all your resources at that point, is supremacy. Like now.
Past-negative: 3.70
ReplyDeletePast-positive: 2.22
Present-fatalistic: 2.78
Present-hedonistic: 3.00
Future: 3.31
Female, 7 at this point of my life. High functioning.
Past-negative: 3.40
ReplyDeletePast-positive: 2.11
Present-fatalistic: 2.22
Present-hedonistic: 3.20
Future: 3.46
Male, 40, not sure about my sociopathic score and may see about taking similar tests to get an idea.
Having said all that, I have no idea what the above scores indicate (!)