Question: 1. The difference between a primary and a secondary psychopath is: Group of answer choices a. Antisocial lifestyle b. Sex c. Criminal Behavior d. Age

1. The difference between a primary and a secondary psychopath is: Group of answer choices a. Antisocial lifestyle b. Sex c. Criminal Behavior d. Age e. Human attachment 2. Research on psychopathy and race/ethnicity suggests that: Group of answer choices a. African Americans may score higher on behavioral items of the PCL-R b. There are few and mixed findings so any firm conclusions cannot be made at this time. c. None of these d. Ethnic and cultural factors are an important consideration in assessing and examining psychopathy. e. All of these 3. Which of the following themes are found in the literature on successful psychopaths? Group of answer choices a. None of these b. Noncriminal psychopathy is a moderated expression of the full disorder. c. All of these d. Noncriminal psychopathy can be explained by the dual-process perspective which suggests that psychopaths can exhibit the interpersonal-effective component of psychopathy without the antisocial behavior component and each of these components are etiologically distinct. e. Noncriminal psychopathy is a subclinical manifestation of the disorder. 4. Which of the following was discussed in the readings and in class as one of the major obstacles in studying "successful" psychopaths? Group of answer choices a. They are too few in number because successful psychopathy is such a statistically rare a phenomenon hardly anyone could be classified as such. b. There is no such thing as a successful psychopath. c. Most successful psychopaths are women who go unnoticed because they do not fit the general stereotype. d. Successful psychopaths are not inclined to volunteer to be in a research study and/or are not generally found in populations where their psychopathy has been identified. e. Successful psychopaths possess completely different traits and would not likely be assessed as psychopaths using an instrument like the PCL-R 5. In his book, The Psychopath Test, Jon Ronson examines psychopathy from a perspective that provides support for the __________ model of psychopathy. Group of answer choices a. Dimensional b. Developmental c. Categorical d. Psychodynamic e. Four Factor 6. Research on cultural variations in psychopathy has shown that: Group of answer choices a. Psychopathy is a phenomenon that appears to be associated only with particular ethhicities. b. There are lower mean PCL-R scores for psychopathy in international samples as compared to North American samples. c. All of these d. Psychopathy manifests itself the same way no matter the ethnicity. e. There is no research evidence to support the applicability of the construct of psychopathy across all racial/ethnic groups 7. In the video The PCL-R: A Measure of Evil, which of the following was featured in the film as an example of a recently developed measure to identify psychopaths outside of clinical, criminal justice, and forensic populations? Group of answer choices a. BScan b. PCL-R c. PCL:YV d. PCL:SV e. PScan 8. The "primary psychopath" is characterized by: Group of answer choices a. Social deviance b. All of these c. Human disidentification d. Primary detachment e. Personal deviance 9. Characteristics of __________cultures are similar to those associated with psychopathy: Group of answer choices a. Collectivist and Masculine b. Collectivist and Feminine c. Individualist and Masculine d. None of these e. Individualist and Feminine 10. Psychopathy is important in criminological theory because: Group of answer choices a. Most people who commit crime are psychopaths b. All of these c. Psychopathy is associated with affective aggression which is the origin of most violent crime d. A psychopathic minority commit the majority of crime e. None of these 11. Which of the following characteristics are associated with noncriminal psychopathy? Group of answer choices a. fearless dominance b. impulsive antisociality c. None of these d. PL-R Factor 2 items e. criminal behavior

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