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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Internal Controls: The Missing Peice, pg 71-82.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotions are the mainsprings of conscience for most people?
(a) Love and hope.
(b) Altruism and kindness.
(c) Fear and anxiety.
(d) Shame and embarrassment.

2. What does the author say is the hallmark of a psychopath?
(a) A stunning lack of conscience.
(b) Mental anguish.
(c) Delusions.
(d) Hallucinations.

3. What does Hervey Cleckley say the psychopath is incapable of understanding?
(a) Personal values.
(b) Other people's behavior.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Society's rules.

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

5. How well do psychopaths get along with one another?
(a) Well.
(b) They often admire one another.
(c) Not at all.
(d) Comfortably.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are psychopathic killers sometimes judged sane?

2. Why is Hannibal Lecter not an accurate portrayal of a psychopath?

3. For what does Robert Lindner claim psychopaths strive?

4. What is the most common effect of psychopaths on their victims?

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

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