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The deprived psychopath has missed something in the relationship to the mother that is essential to the normal growth of the personality: a comparison may be made to the avitaminoses. The overindulged psychopath has not been subjected sufficiently to the threat of withdrawal of maternal love. However, it is not possible to distinguish very definitely the situations which will be conducive to the development of psychopathy, inasmuch as individuals react differently. Constitutional factors are assumed to affect the response to environmental influences.