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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Crime: The Logical Choice, 83-101.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "cycle of violence"?
(a) Violent people commit escalating crimes.
(b) Violent people interact with other violent people.
(c) Victims become perpetrators.
(d) Violence causes revenge.

2. What need is sometimes satisfied for the psychopath by taking drugs?
(a) The need for excitement.
(b) The need for belonging.
(c) The need to forget.
(d) The need for relaxation.

3. How do psychopaths often react to perceived insults?
(a) With long-term planned revenge.
(b) With extreme but short-lived outbursts.
(c) With rigid self-control.
(d) With faked forgiveness.

4. Of what do today's young criminals have less?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Education.
(c) Strategic planning.
(d) Empathy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do McCord and McCord identify as the distinguishing trait of the psychopath?

2. Why did Jack Abbott reject the word "remorse" in his case?

3. Why does William March say that good people are rarely suspicious?

4. How did Clifford Olson become rich?

5. What is the difficulty in using empathy, egocentricity, or guilt as determinants in a diagnosis?

(see the answer key)

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