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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Hannibal Lecter not an accurate portrayal of a psychopath?
2. How did Kenneth Bianchi convince some clinicians that he was not one of the Hillside Stranglers?
3. Why are psychopathic killers sometimes judged sane?
4. Why are murderers often given early parole?
5. What was the first thing the author noticed about Ray when he met him?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do psychopaths tend to view themselves in relation to others?
2. How do normal criminals become involved in a criminal lifestyle?
3. Why is it important to determine whether a psychopath is mentally ill or simply a wrongdoer?
4. What are some important differences between the violent acts of psychopaths and the violent acts of other criminals?
5. Why does the author claim it is not surprising that psychopaths commit more violent acts than other criminals?
6. How are psychopaths often able to pass themselves off as experts?
7. How do psychopaths come to be involved in crime?
8. In what key ways does a psychopath differ from normal criminals?
9. Why has the author determined not to devote much of his book to psychodynamic, unconscious processes of psychopathy?
10. What signs did Helen have that her preadolescent daughter, Alice, was "off"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay explaining the difficulty with each of the diagnostic methods for identifying psychopathy.
Essay Topic 2
One of the characteristics of psychopathy is an inability to learn from past experience. Write an essay explaining how this inability could cripple a person's ability to make progress in life.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay explaining Dr. Hare's admonition not to use the Psychopathy checklist for self-diagnosis or to diagnose acquaintances. What is the importance of this precaution? What is the temptation? How many of those characteristics could be reliably identified by a non-professional observer? For instance, is there a clear delineation between glib and non-glib? Between grandiose and enthusiastic?
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