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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. Why are psychopaths seldom embarrassed about legal, financial or personal problems?
(a) Problems are temporary, the fault of someone else.
(b) Problems are stepping stones to greater success.
(c) Humble acceptance of responsibility is their hallmark.
(d) They don't admit they have problems.
2. What is the danger in placing psychopaths in mental hospitals instead of prison settings?
(a) Misdiagnosis can depress the psychopath.
(b) Misdiagnosis may make psychopaths overconfident.
(c) Hospital staff may be less alert to symptoms of psychopathy.
(d) The hospitals do not have adequate security.
3. How do psychopaths treat those in positions inferior to them?
(a) They con them.
(b) They ingratiate themselves.
(c) They brutalize them.
(d) They mock them.
4. What did Dave suggest that his boss do?
(a) Leave the company and let Dave take over.
(b) Discharge Dave.
(c) Promote Dave.
(d) Disbelieve all the complaints about Dave.
5. What does Hervey Cleckley see as the main difference between psychopaths who are not incarcerated and those who are?
(a) A better physical appearance.
(b) A better education.
(c) A more consistent appearance of normality.
(d) A more engaging line of talk.
Short Answer Questions
1. In how many cases did Dr. Grigson's expert testimony result in the death of defendants?
2. For the psychopath, crime is a natural result of what?
3. What does the author see as the antidote to inaccurate diagnoses?
4. What impression do astute observers sometimes get about psychopaths?
5. Which "special issue" makes the death penalty difficult to decide for those who must judge murderers in Texas?
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