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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 08:24 PM
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Psychopathy test...
Psychopath Test
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> Read this question, come up with an answer and then scroll
> down to the bottom for the result.
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> This is not a trick question. It is as it reads. No one I
> know has gotten it right.
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> While at the funeral of her own mother, a woman met a man
> who she did not know. She thought he was 'amazing'. She
> believed him to be her dream partner so much that she fell in love with him right there,
> but never asked for his number and could not find him. A few days
> later she killed her sister.
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> Question: What was her motive for killing her sister?
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> Give this some thought before you answer, see answer
> below.
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> Answer:
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> She was hoping the guy would appear again at her
> sister's funeral. If you answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath.
> This was a test developed by a famous American psychologist, used to
> test if one has the same mentality as a killer.
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> Many arrested serial killers took part in the test and
> answered the question correctly.
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> If you didn't answer the question correctly, good for
> you.
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> If you got the answer correct, please let me know so I can
RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 08:30 PM
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1. I worked with several psychopaths, successful killers,
for a few years.
From what I know of their thought process, that is a great test and that would be the right answer.

As Ted Bundy put it,"What's the big deal - there are SO MANY people!"

mark

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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 08:35 PM
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2. She couldn't just have checked out the guestbook
From her mother's funeral? Or asked some of the other guests who he was? That's what I would have done.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 08:35 PM
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3. Yup. Got it straight away. But I'd prefer to think I cogitated like a detective. :)
Edited on Thu Sep-18-08 08:36 PM by WinkyDink
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GCP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 09:00 PM
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4. I've seen this before so I knew the answer
I hope that doesn't make me a psychopath once removed!
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:14 PM
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5. Didn't get it.
Whew!
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:25 PM
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6. I didn't get it, but I'm pretty tired right now so my brain isn't functioning like it normally does.
And now that I know the answer, we'll never know what I would have thought of had I been at 100%... :evilgrin:
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 10:38 PM
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7. I was amazed at the complete disconnect...
...between the setup and the question. All I kept saying was, "This is dumb. One has nothing to do with the other. There's not enough data to answer the question."

Now I feel better.:woohoo:
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 11:05 PM
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8. Well...I win the loony prize.
because I immediately got it...before I even finished reading the question. It's not my solution to that dilemma...but it was an illogical explanation for that action which it seems that someone might undertake.
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Kutjara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 11:10 PM
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9. My answer was, "because she felt like it."
Edited on Thu Sep-18-08 11:13 PM by Kutjara
Does that make me worse than a psychopath?

On edit: I just read the story to my wife, and she got the answer immediately. I am now very worried.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 11:21 PM
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10. ...
"I just read the story to my wife, and she got the answer immediately. I am now very worried."

:spray: :rofl:
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donco Donating Member (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-08 12:00 AM
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11. Check out the book “Without Conscience”
by Robert D Hare, I read it years ago. After reading it you will start taking a closer look at people around you.Not all psychopath are serial killers, some make pretty good wingers.

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