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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Words from an Overcoat Pocket, pg 124-143.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do psychopaths know what emotions to display to others?
(a) They take acting classes.
(b) They use their listeners' reactions as cues.
(c) They read psychology texts.
(d) They study films.

2. What do obligations and commitments mean to psychopaths?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Everything.
(c) A way to cover up evil intentions.
(d) A way to confuse victims.

3. What percentage of prison inmates are psychopathic?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Twenty.

4. How do law enforcement officials make use of psychopaths' lack of loyalty?
(a) They can be "turned" to help the state.
(b) They will work as double agents.
(c) They will turn in their friends.
(d) They will make mistakes.

5. What was incongruous about the red button in the psychologist's office in British Columbia Penitentiary?
(a) You could push it in an emergency, but it did not work.
(b) It was designed to simulate a real call button.
(c) You could push it, but it indicated weakness on your part.
(d) You could push it in an emergency but not expect help.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which part of the brain is more emotional and processes events simultaneously?

2. Which part of the brain is more analytical and sequential?

3. Why did Jack Abbott reject the word "remorse" in his case?

4. What is the typical motivation for a psychopath's act of violence?

5. How do psychopaths tend to view their own aggression?

(see the answer key)

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