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Practice Quiz: Chapter 06
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Practice Quiz: Chapter 06
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Which of the following is NOT generally recognized as a symptom of psychopathy?
a) Delusions
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b) Lack of remorse
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c) Deceitfulness
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d) Lack of empathy
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e) Impulsiveness
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What label, corresponding to the disorder of psychopathy, has been dropped from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)?
a) Sociopathy
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b) Antisocial personality disorder
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c) Psychosis
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d) Dissocial personality disorder
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e) Subcriminal psychopathy
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Studies examining the prevalence of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and psychopathy assessed using Hare's Psychopathy Checklist-Revised among offenders generally find which of the following?
a) Few if any offenders exhibit ASPD or psychopathy.
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b) Most offenders exhibit ASPD whereas only a minority exhibit psychopathy.
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c) A minority of offenders exhibit ASPD whereas most exhibit psychopathy.
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d) Most offenders exhibit both ASPD and psychopathy.
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e) There is no relationship between ASPD diagnoses and psychopathy.
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According to Hare (1996), what is a "subcriminal psychopath"?
a) Someone who often engages in crime but lacks any of the symptoms of psychopathy
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b) Someone who is otherwise law-abiding but is manipulated into committing crime by a psychopath
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c) Someone who is highly psychopathic but has avoided contact with the criminal justice system
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d) Someone who is very likely to develop symptoms of psychopathy later in life
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e) Someone who has symptoms of psychopathy but engages only in non-violent crimes
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Highly psychopathic individuals often commit acts of instrumental violence; however, their instrumental violence varies somewhat from the usual pattern in which way?
a) It tends to involve relatively spontaneous and impulsive acts.
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b) It tends to be perpetrated in a highly emotional state such as when they are angry or jealous.
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c) It tends to lack an identifiable goal or purpose.
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d) It tends to target victims they have a close relationship with such as a spouse or family member.
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e) It tends to be focused and predatory.
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Psychopathy is a relevant consideration for the criminal justice system because research demonstrates that psychopaths are more likely than non-psychopaths to do which of the following?
a) Commit violent offences
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b) Engage in high rates of offending
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c) Re-offend
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d) Commit institutional infractions and violate prison rules
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e) All of the above
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Research shows that the rate of psychopathy among female offenders is ________ than the rate of psychopathy male offenders, possibly due to gender differences in the expression of the ________ symptoms of the disorder.
a) lower; affective
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b) higher; behavioural
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c) lower; interpersonal
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d) higher; affective
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e) lower; behavioural
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What does research investigating possible age-related changes in the symptoms of psychopathy among adults reveal?
a) No evidence of age-related changes in the symptoms of psychopathy
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b) Evidence of age-related changes in the affective symptoms of psychopathy
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c) Evidence of age-related changes in the interpersonal symptoms of psychopathy
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d) Evidence of age-related changes in the behavioural symptoms of psychopathy
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e) Evidence of age-related changes in the affective, interpersonal and behavioural symptoms of psychopathy
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Which theory postulates that psychopaths display an impaired ability to monitor and adjust their behaviour, leading them to overlook factors that would stop most people from initiating or continuing a criminal course of conduct?
a) Hare's hypoemotionality model
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b) Newman's response modulation model
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c) Hostile attribution bias
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d) Baumeister's threatened egotism model
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e) Lykken's fearlessness model
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Pinocchio is a highly psychopathic individual who possesses a very narcissistic and over-inflated sense of himself. He invites a woman to join him for a drink. When the offer is politely refused, he exclaims to the woman You're not good enough for me anyways!" and he proceeds to verbally abuse and physically intimidate her. Which theory best explains Pinocchio's behaviour?"
a) Hare's hypoemotionality model
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b) Newman's response modulation model
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c) Hostile attribution bias
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d) Baumeister's threatened egotism model
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e) Lykken's fearlessness model
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