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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Lifestyles, pg 57-70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the difficulty in using empathy, egocentricity, or guilt as determinants in a diagnosis?
(a) Clinicians are often prejudiced in favor of their clients.
(b) Participants can lie in reporting.
(c) The average clincian can't reliably assess those traits.
(d) Everyone tested comes out at about the same level.

2. How did Ted Bundy trick his victims into accompanying him when he was a stranger to them?
(a) He had a cute dog.
(b) He pretended to know a mutual acquaintance.
(c) He offered them chocolate.
(d) He used crutches and asked for help.

3. Why are psychopathic killers sometimes judged sane?
(a) They suffer from mental illness.
(b) They fool the authorities.
(c) They are unusually intelligent.
(d) They are not deranged.

4. What question first raised by Ray has stayed with the doctor throughout his career?
(a) What in the psychopath's mentality gives him the power to override reality?
(b) What did I do to turn Ray against me?
(c) How can Ray claim he was my assistant?
(d) Am I crazy or is Ray?

5. How did Ray take revenge on the author for not getting him work in his father's firm?
(a) He told prison officials about the knife.
(b) He wrote hate mail to the author.
(c) He stalked the author's family.
(d) He vandalized his car.

Short Answer Questions

1. How well do psychopaths get along with one another?

2. What phrase did Alice's parents use to describe her behavior as a child?

3. What do clinicians who prefer the term "sociopath" believe?

4. How many psychopaths are estimated to be in North America?

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

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