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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 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) You could push it, but it indicated weakness on your part.
(c) It was designed to simulate a real call button.
(d) You could push it in an emergency but not expect help.

2. What programs administer treatment if the psychopath is judged to be sane but evil?
(a) Correctional facilities.
(b) Mental health facilities.
(c) Research hospitals.
(d) Universities.

3. Why are most studies of psychopathy done in prisons?
(a) Psychopaths and information about them are readily available.
(b) Prison contributes to the creation of psychopathy.
(c) Prisoners are willing guinea pigs for examination.
(d) All prisoners are psychopathic.

4. What physician who murdered his family was portrayed in the movie Fatal Vision?
(a) John Wayne Gacy.
(b) Gary Tison.
(c) Kenneth Bianchi.
(d) Jeffrey MacDonald.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do psychopaths tend to feel about the future?

2. What does the author say is the hallmark of a psychopath?

3. How do psychopaths often react to perceived insults?

4. What have laboratory experiments using biomedical recorders shown about psychopaths?

5. What need is sometimes satisfied for the psychopath by taking drugs?

(see the answer key)

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