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

2. How did Clifford Olson see himself during his trial?
(a) As a hero.
(b) As a scapegoat.
(c) As a victim.
(d) As a celebrity.

3. What did people remember most about Gary Tison, the murderer?
(a) His cold, hard eyes.
(b) His interest in them.
(c) His ready laugh.
(d) His amiable disposition.

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

5. When do psychopathic children lie when normal children would not?
(a) When lying is possibly going to be uncovered.
(b) When it's going to get them into more trouble.
(c) When those around them are aware of the truth.
(d) When lying won't prevent punishment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only difference between the psychopath, Jason, as a child and adults with the same syndrome?

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

3. How do psychopaths get into therapy?

4. What will help you identify a new acquaintance as a psychopath?

5. What is attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the option of ignoring the presence of psychopathy in children no longer available?

2. What does the Psychopathy checklist provide to clinicians that they are lacking?

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

4. What benefits came from public exposure to the man who claimed to be a Berkeley Ph.D. in psychology and was discovered by a local reporter to have faked his resume when he ran for the school board?

5. What tools do white-color psychopaths use to get what they want?

6. How have family members often unwittingly contributed to a psychopath's misbehavior?

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

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

9. What are the reasons that psychotherapy is ineffective for psychopaths?

10. Why are many clinicians and family members reluctant to identify psychopathy in childhood?

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