http://helpingpsychology.com/sociopath-vs-psychopath-whats-t...
That article proposes that while most people consider the terms interchangeable, some people consider sociopaths to be psychopaths with additional personality disorders; from the description that additional disorder could be in the schizoid spectrum or something else like bipolar disorder that would cause them to be under-socialized.
Exhibit 2. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/07/us-brains-psychopa...
Those English psychiatrists are trying to redefine ASPD to mean hot-headed with poor impulse control, which is the opposite of my understanding of what it is: lacking empathy or deep emotions. Those shrinks want that to be called "psychopathy", and distinguish it from their redefined ASPD, even though psychopathy/sociopathy/ASPD currently, according to many psych professionals, refer to the same general thing.
I can see how some hot-headed criminals might seem to fit the clinical definition of ASPD, but I don't see how any reputable shrink would diagnose poor impulse control as ASPD. Borderline personality disorder, for instance, could be a better fit for many "hot heads".
Turns violent = expansionist, militaristic.
Hates people = Anti-American, War on Religion, War on Marriage, War on America, _____(s) hate(-s) America.
I am sad to say that I see them getting used to describe opposing worldviews or political preferences all too often.
Edit: Did people think that I believed them? I don't think that they are accurate in the slightest. I noted useages that I have seen before.
You sure about that? I mostly hear them used as:
psychopath: dysfunctional thought processes, turns violent
sociopath: hates people, turns violent