Psychopaths to Family Discussion

While this isn’t directly related to a discussion we had in the class, it was interesting to see how the topics we cover can lead to later conversations between family members. I had brought up the difference between sociopath and psychopath to my mom one day before dinner, and that began a conversation which would continue through the following week. She had been curious to know the concrete differences, and had begun to apply some traits to people she knew. While there was no one who matched the exact description, it did give her insight into why people might have made the decisions that they did.  As I had found out, my mother’s side of my family has a very dark, yet interesting past, and we continued the search on Ancestry.com, where she had found connections between people she had not thought of in quite a while. Once again, while not completely related to something in class, it was interesting to see how what we learn can be easily applied in everyday life, and how it can lead to many interesting discussions.