Do you think that psychopathy is linked with nature or nurture?

>>8103078
You can have a genetic predisposition to psychopathy, but experiences during development can trigger a break with reality. There are cultural differences, of course. Look up rates of schizophrenia in first and third world countries. Yes its both.

I think it's definitely a combination of things, but nature is definitely a factor. I think our greater capacity for imagination and knowledge over the other animals which is also our curse. The more connections and complex a brain, the more ways it can go wrong. Just the slightest misalignment can lead to all kinds changes.

>>8103078
psychopathy is a myth.
Psychology is not a science.

Every psychopath would claim that.

>>8103799
You're confusing two different things.

>>8103799
psychopathy is mania without delirium. schizophrenia is mania with delirium.

Apples and oranges

>>8103078
Its both
ITS ALWAYS BOTH
STOP ASKING THAT STUPID QUESTION
GENES ARE RECEPTORS THAT ENABLE AND DISABLE BASED ON INTERACTIONS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT IT CAN NEVER BE ANYTHING BUT BOTH
FUCKING STOP

>>8105879
It's not always both. Organic disease can cause psychopathy. psychopathy can cause organic disorders (neuroses). And soical factors can cause psychopathy

>>8105897
without genes you dont have a human to cause psychosis in
without the environment you dont have anything to enable genes in the first place
both are necessary if you want to argue ultimate cause
if you want to argue "what was the tipping point" then maybe you could preferentially say it was the environment which activated the genes the individual already carried, or it was the genes which started the internal change which lead to a different perception of the environment

no one here knows what they're talking about. brain scans, comparing a criminal psychopath with a functioning psychopath show no physiological differences, but it is an individuals upbringing which determines which path you take.

additionally, a psychopath doesn't really exist, it is a collection of symptoms, which not all psychopaths share the same. interestingly, the most common symptoms (lack of empathy) shows no correlation to criminal behaviour, which is the opposite of what is assumed

the nature nuture argument isn't real. you are exposed to your environment from the time you were in the womb. it tells us nothing. it is both, all the time, in every circumstance

>>8103078
psychopathy is genetic. Everyone in my family is callous, deceptive, manipulative, and violent. Nobody except me has managed to make it to 20 without being pregnant or getting someone pregnant. Most of the men are criminals and the women sluts. I myself am honestly a lazy good for nothing subhuman who will amount to nothing

Ignore the other retards in this thread.
Psychopathy is completely caused by nature.
The only thing similar to it is sociopathy and that on the other hand is completely caused by nurture.