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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the victims of white-collar psychopaths often fail to report?
(a) Their own wrongdoing was part of the crime.
(b) They didn't lose enough to bother about.
(c) It's humiliating to be duped.
(d) They don't know they were duped.

2. Why did the Australian Supreme Court pronounce Garry David mentally ill?
(a) No psychopath could possibly be sane.
(b) Anyone with David's history must be mentally ill.
(c) David was obviously schizophrenic.
(d) David's behavior was clearly anti-social.

3. Why was Jeffrey Dahmer able to convince policemen that he was not committing crimes?
(a) He was cool and calm.
(b) He talked fast.
(c) He had friends on the police force.
(d) He had believable excuses.

4. How do psychopaths use body language?
(a) To make friends.
(b) To intrude on personal space.
(c) To indicate innocent intentions.
(d) To distance themselves.

5. How did psychopaths in the prison study of brain patterns respond to emotionally charged words?
(a) As if they were neutral.
(b) With excess emotion.
(c) Positively.
(d) Negatively.

6. Why does a prison psychiatrist claim the psychopathy checklist is valuable for parole boards?
(a) It helps boards quantify their decisions.
(b) It is insurance against claims of improper parole.
(c) It gives boards someone to blame when recidivism occurs.
(d) It ensures that no one who may commit future crime is released.

7. What is a typical sign of psychopathic conversation?
(a) Self-contradiction.
(b) Entertaining stories.
(c) Flattery.
(d) Interest in the listener.

8. Who is vulnerable to the machinations of psychopaths?
(a) Innocent people.
(b) Naive people.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Gullible people.

9. How do psychopaths get into therapy?
(a) By school referrals.
(b) By court order.
(c) By personal request.
(d) At the request of families or as a condition for parole.

10. How do psychopaths treat those in positions inferior to them?
(a) They mock them.
(b) They con them.
(c) They ingratiate themselves.
(d) They brutalize them.

11. Which traditional forms of treatment are successful with psychopaths?
(a) Electroshock and psychosurgery.
(b) None of them.
(c) Psychoanalysis.
(d) Group therapy and client-centered therapy.

12. What is a "desperado junkie"?
(a) Someone who wishes to be a criminal.
(b) Someone in love with a criminal.
(c) Someone attracted to criminals.
(d) Someone who feels sorry for criminals.

13. Who normally serves on parole boards?
(a) Mental health clinicians.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Political appointees with few relevant qualifications.
(d) Criminal justice professionals.

14. What is oppositional defiant disorder?
(a) Confused behavior.
(b) Negative, defiant behavior.
(c) Self-contradictory behavior.
(d) Restless, inattentive behavior.

15. What is the most overwhelming factor in the psychopath's ability to manipulate others?
(a) Background information.
(b) Intense eye contact.
(c) Good looks.
(d) Glib talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event in the life of Lawrencia Bembenek did 300 people gather to celebrate?

2. How did Grambling, himself, describe his profession?

3. When is the best period for changing the behavior or psychopaths?

4. What is the main danger of failing to diagnose psychopathy in a child?

5. What can be observed about the mental processes of psychopaths?

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