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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 psychopaths often have trouble convincing others?
(a) The victims are not convincing speakers.
(b) Psychopaths paint the victims as the real culprits.
(c) The victims are often wrongdoers themselves.
(d) Their stories are too extreme to be believed.

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

3. What is the main danger of failing to diagnose psychopathy in a child?
(a) Losing the opportunity to find the correct treatment.
(b) A succession of inappropriate treatments.
(c) Losing the chance to effect a cure.
(d) Losing the chance to find the right doctor.

4. When does the U.S. Supreme Court say expert testimony, such as Grigson's, is admissible?
(a) If the evidence on which the opinion is based is made available.
(b) If it is presented as opinion only.
(c) If the evidence is corroborated by facts from the defendant's life.
(d) If the expert has appropriate credentials.

5. How is psychological denial useful?
(a) It protects the mind from unwanted details.
(b) It protects the mind from background noise.
(c) It protects the mind from distraction.
(d) It protects the mind from painful knowledge.

6. What might be learned about psychopaths from brain imaging technology?
(a) What their physical problem is.
(b) How to make them happier.
(c) How their brain processes differ from others.
(d) How to cure them.

7. What is the author's term for "successful" psychopaths?
(a) Socialized.
(b) Useful.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Subcriminal.

8. How do psychopaths know what emotions to display to others?
(a) They use their listeners' reactions as cues.
(b) They take acting classes.
(c) They read psychology texts.
(d) They study films.

9. What is unusual about the brain function of psychopaths?
(a) Interrupted language processes.
(b) Unilateral language processes.
(c) Bilateral language processes.
(d) Integrated language processes.

10. How did the congregation of Ed Lopes react to discovering he was actually a thief and murderer?
(a) They were not surprised.
(b) They were disillusioned.
(c) They rallied to support him.
(d) They were heartbroken.

11. For the psychopath, crime is a natural result of what?
(a) The confidence of foolish people.
(b) A tragic childhood.
(c) A deviant personality structure.
(d) Opportunities all around.

12. What does the author believe Grigson's approach lacks?
(a) Sufficient study of the evidence.
(b) Careful examination and testing.
(c) Sufficient allowance for organic brain damage.
(d) Sufficient acquaintance with the defendant.

13. What does the author see as the antidote to inaccurate diagnoses?
(a) Careful study of an offender's background.
(b) Careful use of sound scientific procedures.
(c) Careful attention to a defendant's explanations.
(d) Careful comparison with similar cases.

14. Who do psychopaths typically blame when punished for their misconduct?
(a) Someone else.
(b) Their intimate friends.
(c) Society as a whole.
(d) Their parents.

15. Which "special issue" makes the death penalty difficult to decide for those who must judge murderers in Texas?
(a) Is there a probability that the defendant will commit criminal acts of violence in the future?
(b) Is the murderer mentally competent to stand trial?
(c) Did the murderer deliberately seek the death of his victim?
(d) Was there reasonable provocation for the defendant's acts?

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the motives of a psychopath in a social interchange?

3. How do psychopaths use body language?

4. What is the two-pronged question clinicians face in dealing with psychopathic children?

5. How do psychopaths treat those in positions inferior to them?

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