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There are lots of theoretical reasons for it - I know at least one person
who fits the attributes of a psychopath.  He is actually one of the most
amusing and charasmatic people I know, but has almost the entire checklist:-
- difficulty in seeing other peoples point of view
- violent (it is amazing he has never killed anyone)
- charismatic
- infidelity
- inability to form long term personal relationships
- pathological liar
- inability to care about anyone else.

Like most things in psychology, it is probably a combination of environment
and biological reasons - I'm sure there is some correlation with the frontal
lobes (a famous example of this was when a rail worker in the 19th centure
had part of his frontal lobe blown up by a spike shot up through his brain.
He changed from a hard working honest family man to a criminal as soon as he
recovered).   However, my friend also grew up in a family with a father who
cheated on his mother all the time, who promoted violence as a way of
solving problems, and who regularly beat him up and instigated a real "if
they hurt you, you kill them" mentality (it helps that he is one of the
biggest people I know).

Interestingly, he is to an extent aware of his problem - like he says, he is
your best mate until you fuck with him, and your worst enemy.  He is aware
that he has traits that are psychopathic - although he will not go as far as
to actually admit he is a full psychopath.

Geoffrey Richard Driscoll Tobin <G.T...@latrobe.edu.au> wrote in message
news:382A790B.D9BEDD16@latrobe.edu.au...
> rgrace wrote:
> >
> > I think you are using the word psychopath in the wrong criteria.
Estimates
> > are that 1 in 10 people in the western world are psychopaths - that
doesnt
> > mean they are all potential serial killers, just that they dont care
about
> > anyone else, have little moral code, and an inability to form personal
> > relationships. ...
>
> I've recently read that can be due to damage to the prefontal lobe.
> It's most serious when it happens early in childhood, as then they
> never get the chance to learn to respect other people.
>
> When it happens to adults, the loss of interpersonal perception still
> shows
> sometimes, but mostly they seem normal because they can get by on habits
> previously formed.
>
> --
> Best wishes!
> Geoffrey Tobin
> Email:  G.T...@latrobe.edu.au
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