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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Ethics of Labeling, pg 180-191.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do psychopaths tend to view family members?
(a) As possessions, like stereos or automobiles.
(b) As enemies.
(c) As competitors.
(d) As a support system.

2. How did a psychopathic thief believe that his victims were better off?
(a) They got to replace their possessions.
(b) They would collect more from insurance than their possessions were worth.
(c) They got to be in the newspaper headlines.
(d) He hadn't done them any physical harm.

3. Which "special issue" makes the death penalty difficult to decide for those who must judge murderers in Texas?
(a) Is the murderer mentally competent to stand trial?
(b) Did the murderer deliberately seek the death of his victim?
(c) Is there a probability that the defendant will commit criminal acts of violence in the future?
(d) Was there reasonable provocation for the defendant's acts?

4. When does the U.S. Supreme Court say expert testimony, such as Grigson's, is admissible?
(a) If the expert has appropriate credentials.
(b) If it is presented as opinion only.
(c) If the evidence on which the opinion is based is made available.
(d) If the evidence is corroborated by facts from the defendant's life.

5. How do psychopaths treat those in positions inferior to them?
(a) They con them.
(b) They brutalize them.
(c) They ingratiate themselves.
(d) They mock them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who normally serves on parole boards?

2. What did one psychopath say made a good liar?

3. For what career are psychopaths uniquely well-suited?

4. What is the author's term for "successful" psychopaths?

5. Why are psychopaths seldom embarrassed about legal, financial or personal problems?

(see the answer key)

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