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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. What is oppositional defiant disorder?

2. How did the congregation of Ed Lopes react to discovering he was actually a thief and murderer?

3. How do psychopaths treat those in positions superior to them?

4. Why do wives often put up with psychopathic behaviors longer than they should?

5. Why do the victims of psychopaths often have trouble convincing others?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Dr. Death, and why was he given that name?

3. Why is it important to identify psychopathy in childhood?

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

5. Why are the victims of psychopaths so reluctant to believe evidence of their wrongdoing?

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

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

8. What theory does the author feel may possibly explain the self-contradictory nature of psychopathic speech?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining why clinicians and other mental health professionals are frequently unable to agree on a workable definition of psychopathy. With what other terms is it often confused? What dysfunction in the mental health system is created by these disagreements?

Essay Topic 2

What is your explanation for the public's glamorization of criminals? Do you accept the theory that the public can play out illicit behavior without personal cost by identifying with criminals onscreen? Do you think that people always root for an underdog, and that an individual out of sync with the larger system is always an underdog? Explain your theory for the attraction of evil and support your theory with examples and information from the text.

Essay Topic 3

It has been said that "guilt is a blessing, not a curse". Using evidence from the text, write an essay for or against the proposition that guilt is an important, useful tool in our individual lives and social interactions.

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