Hare says that the terms denote a differing view of "origins and determinants". Paraphrased, sociopaths are more influenced by society, while psychopaths are more influenced by psychobiological conditions or abnormalities.
And that is one viewpoint that is addressed. My entire point has been that there are two schools of thought - social influences versus biological influences. Nature versus nurture. This is a debate as old as psychology itself. You have two different terms for seemingly the same condition - sociopathy and psychopathy. One denotes the belief that the individual innately had the disorder, while one denotes the belief that the individual was affected environmentally moreso than anything else. Even Hare mentions this in his book, pointing out the differing schools of thought on the matter.Why my goodness, aren't you just too clever by half.
From the same article, BBM:
Ochberg believes that genetics plays a strong role in the development of psychopathy, and that environmental influences are much less important. “I believe the building blocks of psychopathy are largely inherited,” he says, “and by 5 or 6 you either put together a normal conscience, a superego, or you don’t.”
I would happily continue to argue this point, as apparently one thing we have in common is our love of arguing, but IIRC my original post was admittedly O/T so I don't think we should continue here.
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Releasing documents to the media, I believe. Calling off the Sunshine exemption.
I've never claimed anything one way or the other. You said that this researcher believes people were born this way. That's a far stretch from people were born predisposed to a condition and environmental factors compounded the issue (not everyone predisposed to a condition develops the condition). I merely said that there is debate as to whether individuals were born psychopaths, or engineered into being sociopaths. I never said which I believe, nor that one is absolute (I certainly never said only one factor was responsible). You made the reference to individuals with this disorder being "born that way".BBM--Absolutely my last post on this subject before I get modwhacked for being off topic.
I do apologize if I have not been clear on this point, but I do not think you (the rhetorical you, not you personally) will find any source claiming that psycho/sociopathy arises solely from social/environmental conditions, rather than a combination of social/environmental conditions and biological disposition.
And the sources I have researched, including Hare IIRC, posit that the biological influence is stronger than the social/environmental.
Good night now.
