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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hervey Cleckley see as the main difference between psychopaths who are not incarcerated and those who are?
(a) A better physical appearance.
(b) A more consistent appearance of normality.
(c) A better education.
(d) A more engaging line of talk.

2. 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.

3. What will help you identify a new acquaintance as a psychopath?
(a) An endless stream of jokes.
(b) Bad manners.
(c) An abnormal interest in you.
(d) Vague, evasive, inconsistent replies to questions.

4. Why are psychopaths not successful in treatment programs?
(a) They are experiencing too much distress.
(b) They are unable to face problems.
(c) They are unwilling to make changes.
(d) They see nothing wrong with themselves.

5. Which part of the brain is more analytical and sequential?
(a) The left hemisphere.
(b) Neither: both sides work together.
(c) The frontal lobe.
(d) The right hemisphere.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the psychopath, crime is a natural result of what?

2. What is a typical sign of psychopathic conversation?

3. What did Dave suggest that his boss do?

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

5. Why did the author decline to diagnose Saddam Hussein?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a hypothetical, and why is it dangerous in arriving at a diagnosis of psychopathy?

2. What "uncanny" ability of psychopaths helps them find potential victims?

3. What attitude do white-collar psychopaths take toward their victims?

4. Why does the author think it important to know about the eyes of a psychopath?

5. What characteristics distinguish psychopathic use of non-verbal communication?

6. Why is a bilateral brain, with each side having separate spheres of influence, more efficient?

7. Why is the typical advice to quit indulging misbehaving youth and get them into therapy considered by the author to be doomed to failure?

8. Why does the author say it is important that everyone learn how to deal with psychopathy?

9. Why is it difficult to identify psychopathy in children?

10. Why does Kiki Olson say that the inclusion of more women in the workforce has opened new pathways for psychopaths?

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