Number 5: Genetics versus environment.
Genetics plays a key factor in determining if someone is a psychopath or sociopath. They say psychopaths are born, but sociopaths are made. But with constant findings and new data, it can be hard to really be sure. The way people are raised can develop their brains in certain ways. Since psychopathy is not actually genetic, the environment has a huge factor in the person. It has been said that psychopathy is a combination of many different genres so it makes some people at a higher risk than others.
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For sociopaths, along with chemical imbalances, a high-risk environment can create a high chance for the person to exhibit sociopathic traits. An example would be that if a person born with the genetic combination of sociopathic tendencies was raised in a violent household along with parents with sociopathic traits, that person may engage in risky and aggressive behavior because they see that as fit. Someone else who grew up in the same household but did not have the same genetic predisposition may grow up to be a healthy, non-violent adult.
Now, looking at narcissistic people, narcissism can be tricky to detect if it is genetic, but studies have shown that environment plays a huge factor too. Some studies have shown that certain parenting styles can cause children to later show narcissistic traits. It has been said that if a child grows up in a household where they found they had to look for their parents’ attention, then they may grow up to seek attention in romantic relationships, with employers or employees, and in friendship.
Narcissists are charming and persuasive, which is the opposite of most people with antisocial personality disorder, making it harder to detect.
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