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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. Who was Amy Fisher?

2. Why are psychopaths not successful in treatment programs?

3. What is oppositional defiant disorder?

4. How do psychopaths tend to view therapists?

5. What did people remember most about Gary Tison, the murderer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What benefit does a psychopath typically get from therapy programs?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

An Australian judge put a psychopathic killer into a mental institution rather than a prison on the grounds that "anyone would have to be crazy to behave in that fashion." In your essay, support or refute the argument that psychopaths are obviously mentally ill. Use information from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Write a descriptive essay detailing the characteristics of an ideal victim for a psychopath to use and manipulate. Would such a person be rich or poor? Single or married? Include as many details as you can, and support them with information from the text.

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