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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. How is psychological denial useful?
2. To what does the author compare the psychopath's experience of emotion?
3. Why is it important to avoid power struggles with a psychopath?
4. What do psychopaths often gain from therapy programs?
5. What did Dave suggest that his boss do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What "uncanny" ability of psychopaths helps them find potential victims?
2. Why does the author say it is important that everyone learn how to deal with psychopathy?
3. Why are the victims of psychopaths so reluctant to believe evidence of their wrongdoing?
4. Why does the author think it important to know about the eyes of a psychopath?
5. Why is a bilateral brain, with each side having separate spheres of influence, more efficient?
6. 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?
7. Why are nurturing, kind-hearted women ideal victims for psychopaths?
8. What theory does the author feel may possibly explain the self-contradictory nature of psychopathic speech?
9. Who is Dr. Death, and why was he given that name?
10. What benefit does a psychopath typically get from therapy programs?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay explaining which characteristics of psychopaths make them ideal for working as imposters. Cite examples from the text or others you may know.
Essay Topic 2
Dr. Pinel described psychopathy as "insanity without delirium," and psychopaths as "morally insane." Do you think there is a distinction between moral insanity and other kinds? Can a case be made that psychopaths are actually psychologically damaged in such a way that they should not be held accountable for their actions? In your essay, take a position for or against this contention and support your position with material from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay giving advice to parents whose very young child has begun to exhibit signs of psychopathy: indifference to the feelings of others, cruelty to animals and other children, etc. Give the parents your opinion as to whether it is an advantage to get an early diagnosis or not. Support your idea with material from the text.
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