Marilyn: You wrote, âYou can see your breath only in winter because the colder the air, the less moisture it can hold (warm air can always hold more water vapor than your breath can).â (February 17, 2013) The season has some relevance, but you can actually see your breath condensate in summer if the temperature and relative humidity are low enough, ...
A person's raw score from an IQ test, for instance, can be compared to the raw scores of others in his age group. The average IQ for most age groups is usually between 90 and 110. Personality tests might also be created by psychometricians. As their name suggests, these types of tests help measure and reveal certain parts of a person's personality. Questions on these types of tests usually ask about certain situations, and how a person feels about them or would handle them.
However, the first researcher to name the concept of psychopathy was Dr. Hervey Cleckley, who published a book titled The Mask of Sanity in 1941, Thomas writes. Cleckley noted that psychopathy was difficult to diagnose precisely because it presents itself without the obvious symptoms of mental disorder. Psychopaths and sociopaths are often a bit too rational. In her new book, Thomas says Cleckley's 16 behavioral characteristics hit home. Nowhere else have I recognized the sociopath inside me more than in Cleckley's clinical profiles, she writes. Here are Cleckley's 16 characteristics. Ask yourself if they apply to you.