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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What have laboratory experiments using biomedical recorders shown about psychopaths?
(a) They suffer from excessive fear.
(b) They fake good humor.
(c) They suffer from tumbling insecurity.
(d) They lack the physiological responses normally associated with fear.

3. Why is it important for parole boards to understand psychopathy?
(a) Psychopathy is a strong predictor of recidivism.
(b) Psychopaths will eventually kill someone.
(c) All psychopaths will lie at parole hearings.
(d) Most criminals are psychopathic.

4. What phrase did Alice's parents use to describe her behavior as a child?
(a) "She was mean."
(b) "Something was off."
(c) "She was unpredictable."
(d) "She was impulsive."

5. How do psychopaths tend to feel about the future?
(a) They live in an imagined future.
(b) They give it little thought.
(c) They plan constantly.
(d) They look forward to better days.

6. What is the typical motivation for a psychopath's act of violence?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Fear.
(d) Jealousy.

7. Why are psychopaths seldom embarrassed about legal, financial or personal problems?
(a) Problems are stepping stones to greater success.
(b) Problems are temporary, the fault of someone else.
(c) Humble acceptance of responsibility is their hallmark.
(d) They don't admit they have problems.

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

9. Why are murderers often given early parole?
(a) Homicide is typically unlikely to be repeated.
(b) Murderers can con parole boards.
(c) Murderers can demonstrate good behavior.
(d) Murderers can fake remorse.

10. What often impresses people about psychopaths' discussion of technical subjects?
(a) Multiple university degrees.
(b) Concern about being revealed as phony.
(c) Confident use of technical jargon and concepts.
(d) Wide-ranging interests.

11. How does the author describe the psychopath's typical lifestyle?
(a) Focused and intense.
(b) Planned and organized.
(c) Driven.
(d) Unstable and aimless.

12. What percentage of offenders who kill law enforcement officers are psychopathic?
(a) Sixty-two.
(b) Ninety-eight.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Forty-four.

13. How does the author feel about films that allow identification with psychopaths?
(a) They are cathartic, releasing our interest in evil without doing harm.
(b) They are powerful role models for people with problems.
(c) They are silly and have no connection with reality.
(d) They are helpful diagnostic tools.

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

15. What term is often inappropriately applied to psychopaths?
(a) Schizophrenic.
(b) Psychotic.
(c) Paranoid.
(d) Psychological.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do psychopaths tend to view family members?

2. What prerequisite for love does a psychopath lack?

3. How is antisocial personality disorder diagnosed?

4. What is the "cycle of violence"?

5. What was the verdict in the case of Ted Bundy?

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