When most people hear the word psychopath, their minds form an image of a wild-eyed, scrappy madman, often restrained in a straitjacket. The media reinforced this belief all the way with slasher horror films and macabre episodes of CSI depicting these strange humans. However, the average psychopath is much harder to spot than most people realize. In fact, most of them are extremely difficult to distinguish from ordinary humans. On the surface, they appear normal and many have no difficulty blending into common society. They can interact with others, hold successful jobs, and effectively protect themselves from trouble. Most are not the sadistic killers many people think. Psychopaths are people born with problems (Bartol 105) or heavily influenced from a young age (Hare 96-96). So it may be shocking to hear that psychopaths are much more common in our society than one might think. Psychopaths can be divided into different categories based on their traits and characteristics. The basic definition given to psychopaths is a person who exhibits a group of behaviors seen in some criminals. They include superficial charm, pretentious sense of self-worth, lack of behavioral control, pathological lying, need for stimulation, lack of guilt, repentance and empathy, criminal ingenuity and a manner manipulative (Cassel and Bernstein 295). The primary psychopath is described as the true psychopath. He/she is the individual who displays the behaviors that represent psychopathy (Bartol 419). There is also a secondary psychopath. These are people who participate in antisocial behavior for environmental reasons. They adopt this behavior at developmental stages beyond infancy; they are often in the middle of paper...... athy. " Signs of the Times. Arkadiusz Jadczyk and Laura Knight-Jadczyk, April 16, 2009. Web. April 12, 2011. Helfgott, Jacqueline. Criminal Behavioral Theories, Typologies, and Criminal Justice. LosAngeles, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 2008. Print “How Psychopaths See Their World.” Signs of the Times April 12, 2011. Patterson, Gerald R, Barbara DeBaryshe, and Elizabeth Ramsey. “A Developmental Perspective on Child Development.” , NY: Freeman, 1993. 264-271. “The Psychopath: The Mask of Reason.” Arkadiusz Jadczyk and LauraKnight-Jadczyk, n.d. Web.2011.