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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Focusing the Picture, pg 21-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is antisocial personality disorder diagnosed?
(a) Reports of family and acquaintances.
(b) Antisocial and criminal behaviors.
(c) Rigorous personality testing.
(d) Emotional triggers.

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

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

5. How many psychopaths are estimated to be in North America?
(a) One hundred thousand.
(b) One million.
(c) Two hundred thousand.
(d) Two million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What psychopath does the author claim commanded a nation?

2. What form of mental illness has about the same prevalence in North America as psychopathy?

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

4. What term is often inappropriately applied to psychopaths?

5. How exactly does psychopathy correspond with troubled childhood?

(see the answer key)

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