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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Profile: Feelings and Relationships , pg 33-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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, but it indicated weakness on your part.
(c) You could push it in an emergency, but it did not work.
(d) You could push it in an emergency but not expect help.

2. 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) The average clincian can't reliably assess those traits.
(c) Everyone tested comes out at about the same level.
(d) Participants can lie in reporting.

3. What prerequisite for love does a psychopath lack?
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Charm.
(c) Attractiveness.
(d) Empathy.

4. What did John Wayne Gacy say about his career murdering thirty-three people?
(a) "It was another person inside of me."
(b) "I don't know what came over me."
(c) "I was the victim."
(d) "They all deserved to die."

5. Why did Jack Abbott reject the word "remorse" in his case?
(a) Remorse is a waste of time.
(b) Remorse is unhealthy.
(c) Remorse implies that you did something wrong.
(d) His victim was better off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Philippe Pinel call psychopathy?

2. What often impresses people about psychopaths' discussion of technical subjects?

3. What is the author's objective in writing this book?

4. Why are psychopathic killers sometimes judged sane?

5. How are psychopaths unlike psychotics?

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