Connection with Antisocial Disorders

[Agnes]

I posted and explained the science, not my own arguments. If science doesn't convince you, nothing will.

A few psychologists and individuals with psychopathic traits believing they were born that way isn't evidence as science shows that psychological problems often stem from experiences during the first 3 years of life when it is impossible for any of them to know what happened. Anyone who has had psychopathic traits for as long as they can remember may falsely believe they were born with them. Additionally, believing these traits are innate discounts and invalidates the experiences of individuals who worked hard to overcome their psychopathic traits.

You are focusing only on one part of the data concerning trauma and the first years of life while ignoring genetic research and neurobiological evidence. Science does not state that psychopathy is exclusively acquired or exclusively innate. Shifting the focus toward trauma as the sole cause may lead to a reduction in individuals’ accountability for their actions, as well as to an underestimation of the resilience of those who, despite difficult life circumstances, do not exhibit psychopathic traits

 

[Matthias]

You are focusing only on one part of the data concerning trauma and the first years of life while ignoring genetic research and neurobiological evidence. Science does not state that psychopathy is exclusively acquired or exclusively innate.

Genetics can increase the risk of psychosocial problems as I explained earlier.
Psychosocial adversity can affect neurobiology, which may explain the neurobiological evidence.

Shifting the focus toward trauma as the sole cause may lead to a reduction in individuals’ accountability for their actions as well as to an underestimation of the resilience of those who, despite difficult life circumstances, do not exhibit psychopathic traits

I don't understand this reasoning. If ASPD were caused by trauma, why would it make individuals less accountable for their actions? If anything, I'd think it would make them more accountable although not by much given that trauma, like genetics, is outside of a person's control.