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There is no single cause of psychopathy, but factors such as genetics, trauma, brain structure, exposure to violence during childhood, and environmental conditions are potential/possible contributing factors.<ref>[https://vlpjrsdx.elementor.cloud/what-causes-psychopathy/ What Causes Psychopathy?]</ref><ref>[https://www.verywellhealth.com/psychopath-5235293#:~:text=Genetics%2C%20trauma%2C%20brain%20structure%2C,conditions%20are%20possible%20contributing%20factors. How to Tell If Someone Is a Psychopath], Verywellhealth.com</ref> Also, every person has [[free will]] and ultimately has responsibility for their actions.<ref>[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-009-0555-9_21 Free Will in Psychopaths: A Phenomenological Description] by Manuel Riobó González, The Moral Sense and Its Foundational Significance: Self, Person, Historicity, Community pp 227–246</ref><ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17393398/ Aggression, psychopathy and free will from a cognitive neuroscience perspective], Behav Sci Law. 2007;25(2):321-31. doi: 10.1002/bsl.750.</ref>

There is no single cause of psychopathy, but factors such as genetics, trauma, brain structure, exposure to violence during childhood, and environmental conditions are potential/possible contributing factors.<ref>[https://vlpjrsdx.elementor.cloud/what-causes-psychopathy/ What Causes Psychopathy?]</ref><ref>[https://www.verywellhealth.com/psychopath-5235293#:~:text=Genetics%2C%20trauma%2C%20brain%20structure%2C,conditions%20are%20possible%20contributing%20factors. How to Tell If Someone Is a Psychopath], Verywellhealth.com</ref> Also, every person has [[free will]] and ultimately has responsibility for their actions.<ref>[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-009-0555-9_21 Free Will in Psychopaths: A Phenomenological Description] by Manuel Riobó González, The Moral Sense and Its Foundational Significance: Self, Person, Historicity, Community pp 227–246</ref><ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17393398/ Aggression, psychopathy and free will from a cognitive neuroscience perspective], Behav Sci Law. 2007;25(2):321-31. doi: 10.1002/bsl.750.</ref>

== Signs of psychopathy ==

== Symptoms of psychopathy ==

[[File:Angry man on the phone.jpg|thumbnail|500px|right|Some of the characteristics of psychopaths are being angry, rash, impulsive, and oppositional (among others).<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202210/what-everyone-should-understand-about-the-dark-triad#:~:text=Depicted%20as%20three%20overlapping%20circles,and%20oppositional%20(among%20others). What Everyone Should Understand About the Dark Triad], Psychology Today website, 2022</ref>  

[[File:Angry man on the phone.jpg|thumbnail|500px|right|Some of the characteristics of psychopaths are being angry, rash, impulsive, and oppositional (among others).<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202210/what-everyone-should-understand-about-the-dark-triad#:~:text=Depicted%20as%20three%20overlapping%20circles,and%20oppositional%20(among%20others). What Everyone Should Understand About the Dark Triad], Psychology Today website, 2022</ref>  

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*Emotional detachment

*Emotional detachment

*Lack of empathy and remorse.  Alternatively, psychopaths can switch their empathy on and off

*Lack of empathy and remorse.  Alternatively, psychopaths can switch their empathy on and off

*Impulsivity

*[[Impulsivity]]

*Chronic, uncontrolled anger/temper

*Chronic, uncontrolled anger/temper

*Low tolerance for boredom. Intense craving for excitement, novelty, and reward

*Low tolerance for boredom. Intense craving for excitement, novelty, and reward