Exam 2: Cultural Development of Monsters, Demons, and Evil

Erich Fromm considered evil a process and not a state.

A function of the early European _____ was to find ways to eradicate the problems attributed to witchcraft and sorcery.

This 15th century figure was known as "Drakul" (Dragon).He was particularly known to be a vicious and depraved sadist who enjoyed torturing and murdering peasants who lived within his jurisdiction.

Which of the following serial killers claimed that he had multiple personalities as his defense for his murders?

In this 1984 case in California, seven people were accused of the ritualistic torture of children.After the longest trial in the U.S.history, the key suspects were acquitted.

The Satanic Bible was written by:

Another name for a golem is:

Satanic cults do not provide a large population of serial killers.

Which of the following crimes would most likely be a "crime of passion"?

The purpose of the human-to-wolf transformation was the killing of humans, especially:

This idea is intangible and unmeasurable and is often used as a misnomer for inappropriate behavior.

What did Finkelhor conclude in his book Nursery Crimes?

This killer was a college graduate and once worked as a fishing guide and security guard.He later became a police officer who had a fantasy for taking young women into the woods and hanging them.

Josef Mengele was:

M.Scott Peck believes that evil people are best defined:

"Trephining" refers to:

According to M.Scott Peck, "people of the lie" are:

This 1486 text was the first encyclopedia of demonology.

Anton LaVey was:

Both these and vampire cults have links to satanic and/or cult murders.