Originally Posted by
43Inches
Psycopaths are born that way it is a form of brain malformation where the emotion part does not develop properly and is hereditary. Sociopaths are created by life forces in general, so are not born that way, most are created from experience.
Nowhere near as cut and dried as "sociopaths are made and psychopaths are born". There's been plenty of work done that suggests hereditary links for antisocial personality disorder (sociopathy), just as there's been work done on the impact of environmental factors in psychopathy.