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Psychopathy & ASPD are sliiightly different. ASPD is a learned set of behaviours, though some say it can also have genetic factors. Though I don't understand how this could be differentiated if you were raised by said ASPD parent?
Psychopathy is associated usually with a more extensive set of symptoms that also go into general cognition, not just as a response to stimuli/interpersonal interaction, as is the case with ASPD. Most psychopaths have ASPD, but most people with ASPD aren't psychopaths. I'd grab research but I don't have it handy right now. Evidently there are a few signals in the actual structure of the brain of a "born" psychopath. Something about the frontal lobe. And there is a larger split inbetween the hemispheres; so they do not converse as much to perform functions necessary in generating compassion, fear, or anxiety. And smaller areas of the brain that are normally associated with emotions/memories.
Regardless... He can't be diagnosed with **** all until he's 18, so it's laughable that everyone's calling him a psychopath with such a limited perspective on the situation. I'm only responding as far as I can see the situation through the post itself.
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