This week in abnormal psychology the professor talked about different people who appear to have the characteristics of being a psychopath. In the class people paired off and talked about different people they knew in their life that seem to demonstrate behaviors that would fit the criteria for being a psychopath and I heard some interesting responses. Psychopathology is also known as the scientific study of psychological disorders. The field of psychopathology consists of clinical and counseling psychologists, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, psychiatric social workers, marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors. Researchers have found that suppressing many different kinds of emotional responses, such as anger or fear can increase sympathetic nervous system activity which can influence psychopathology. So basic emotions of fear, anger, sadness, distress and excitement can influence as well as create different psychological disorders and psychopathology. I think that psychopathology is an interesting topic to cover because I think sometimes people don't realize just how common this disorder is in today's society.