[kahljorn]

Sociopathy is like Psychopathy. It's usually caused when parents completely neglect and abuse their children. Children who were molested can sometimes become sociopaths. Sociopaths are characterized by their complete disregard for anything other than themselves. So, for example, they would rip someone's lips off because it makes them feel good, and the pain the other person feels isn't something that causes the sociopath to feel sympathy. Usually sociopaths have no sympathy or emotional connections with other people, and they have no social norms or values -- they only value themselves.

I'm almost positive you can't be cured of sociopathy, but who knows, maybe it could be made less severe or something. A lot of famous murderers are sociopaths.