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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. How did Clifford Olson become rich?
(a) He married a rich woman and murdered her.
(b) He embezzled from the firm where he worked.
(c) Authorities paid him to show the burial places of his victims.
(d) He created a Ponzi scheme and bilked investors.

2. What question did Helen and Steve ask themselves about their daughter Alice?
(a) Can she be cured?
(b) Is she coming home again?
(c) Is she crazy or just plain bad?
(d) Where is she?

3. What was the verdict in the case of Edward Gein?
(a) He was found to be psychopathic.
(b) He was found to be legally sane.
(c) He was found to be psychotic.
(d) He was found to be marginally accountable.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What programs administer treatment if the psychopath is judged to be crazy?

2. What did Philippe Pinel call psychopathy?

3. What impression do astute observers sometimes get about psychopaths?

4. What did Ted Bundy claim was responsible for his murders?

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

(see the answer key)

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