Deck 3: Psycho-Genetics of Serial Murderers

Question 1

What percentage of all criminal cases uses the insanity defense?

A)10 percent
B)about half
C)nearly 27 percent
D)less than 1 percent

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The role of _____ in violent crime is of growing importance in understanding the dynamics of the interactions among the forces of biology, psychological factors, and our environment.

A)neurobiology
B)sociology
C)podiatry
D)psychology

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The hormone that inhibits the secretion of stomach acid and stimulates smooth muscle and acts as a neurotransmitter in brain functioning is known as:

A)CSF 5-hiaa
B)lithium
C)Haldol
D)serotonin

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The Brawner Rule intends to exclude _________from using the insanity defense.

A)defendants under the influence of alcohol at the time of the offense
B)defendants with anti-social personality disorders
C)defendants under the influence of drugs at the time of the offense
D)defendants who refuse to undergo psychiatric evaluation

Question 5

Anxiety disorders include:

A)phobias, dysthymia, and kleptomania.
B)obsessions, compulsions, and mania.
C)social phobia, panic attacks, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
D)psychogenic fugue, agoraphobia, and simple phobia.

Question 6

This killer had subpar intelligence, suffered from kryptopyroluria, suffered multiple head trauma, was raised in a dysfunctional family, experienced sexual and physical abuse, had homosexual experiences at age 11, had sex with animals, and went on as an adult to kill female prostitutes.He sometimes returned to the crime scenes days later to mutilate the corpses and take trophies.

A)Ed Gein
B)Juan Cordoba
C)Joseph Kallinger
D)Arthur Shawcross

Question 7

Reiss and Roth found that:

A)inhibited children are less prone to violence and aggression.
B)inhibited children are more prone to victimization.
C)uninhibited children are more prone to victimization.
D)uninhibited children are less prone to violence and aggression.

Question 8

In dissociative amnesia:

A)one experiences a fragmentation of thinking and perception.
B)the memory of a traumatic experience is lost to consciousness.
C)one forgets a chunk of one's past and begins a new life in a different place.
D)one's personality is split into two or more distinct and competing personalities.

Question 9

According to ______, the mind is constantly engaged in balancing the three-part personality structure of id, ego, and superego.

A)Freud
B)Hickey
C)Fuller
D)Hare

Question 10

The following was/were believed to be able to detect criminal predisposition by examining bumps and abnormalities on the surface of the skull.

A) sociologists
B) phrenologists
C) criminologists
D) neurobiologists

Question 11

In their studies of homicide offenders, Virkkunen et al., and Linnoila et al., found that:

A)The non-impulsive group reported higher levels of dopamine
B)The impulsive group reported lower levels of dopamine
C)The impulsive group reported lower levels of serotonin
D)The non-impulsive group reported lower levels of serotonin

Question 12

The essential inquiry involved when M'Naughten Rule is applied is:

A)Was the act the result or the product of a mental defect
B)Was the person able to distinguish between right and wrong at the time of the offense
C)Was the act the result of an "irresistible impulse"
D)Was the act the result of an addiction

Question 13

According to Eysenck, which is more likely to be involved in antisocial behavior?

A)extroverts
B)subverts
C)introverts
D)perverts

Question 14

In her study of psychopathology and mass murder, Souza found that most of these have a history of mental illness.

A)mass murderers
B)serial killers
C)murderers
D)criminals

Question 15

The 2000 DSM-IV defines this as "the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states."

A)dissociative identity disorder
B)dissociative fugue
C)depersonalization disorder
D)psychopathy

Question 16

Which dissociative disorder involves a person feeling detached from his/her mental processes of physical body?

A)fugue
B)depersonalization
C)amnesia
D)identity

Question 17

According to Eysenck the foundation for criminality is:

A)the over-reactive RAS.
B)both interactions of environmental conditions and inherited personality traits.
C)financial gain.
D)instrumental conditioning.

Question 18

In ____the Supreme Court ruled that insanity may continue after the criminal act, and therefore the offender could be placed in a psychiatric facility until such time when he or she is determined to have recovered from his or her afflictions.

A)United States v.Brawner
B)Durham v.United States
C)Jones v.United States
D)Vitek v.Jones

Question 19

Which can best be attributed to the term "insanity?"

A)A diagnosis of insanity automatically follows a diagnosis of psychosis.
B)Insanity is a legal term and judicial determination.
C)A diagnosis of insanity is a psychiatric decision.
D)A diagnosis of insanity is ultimately determined by trained psychologists.

Question 20

A mental disorder or syndrome that is unintentionally caused in a patient by a clinician or practitioner is called:

A)iatrogenic
B)tautological fallacy
C)anterograde syndrome
D)symptom substitution

Question 21

This term was introduced by J.L.
A)Koch in his 1891.

A)histrionic
B)criminology
C)psychopath
D)sociopath

Question 22

Worry and anxiety about future is a characteristic of the psychopath.

Question 23

There is a correlation between head trauma and violent behavior.

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT a Factor 2 characteristic found in Robert Hare's Revised Psychopathy Checklist?

A)parasitic lifestyle
B)early behavioral problems
C)need for stimulation
D)promiscuous sexual behavior

Question 25

Having more than one _____ may be an attempt to suppress or deny severe traumatization as a child.

Question 26

Which of the following murderers took the life of a 4-year-old child because the victim reminded the killer of what he did not have: love, beauty, security and happiness?

A)Arthur Shawcross
B)Ed Gein
C)Eric Smith
D)Ed Kemper

Question 27

Which one of the following sets of descriptors best applies to paranoid personality disorders?

A)Unpredictable, irresponsible, guiltless
B)Theatrical, dependent, dysphoric
C)Pervasive distrust, suspiciousness of others
D)Aloof, detached, humorless

Question 28

The term _____ is a non-diagnostic label used to describe a potpourri of individuals determined by societal standards to possess characteristics at variance with general community standards and practices.

Question 29

At his trial, Ted Kaczynski was found to be:

A)paranoid schizophrenic.
B)insane.
C)suffering from a personality disorder.
D)suffering from Asperger's disorder.

Question 30

Dissociative identity disorder is rarely due to the unknowing influence of practitioners.

Question 31

Criminal psychopaths make up about what percentage of the male inmate population in a maximum-security prison?

A)10-15
B)20-30
C)85-90
D)45-55

Question 32

Asperger's Disorder is a milder variant of autism.

Question 33

This type is a pervasive pattern of detachment from relationships, including limited expression of emotions.

A)paranoid
B)schizotypal
C)histrionic
D)schizoid

Question 34

_____ appear to be the most resistant to change.

Question 35

Which of the DSM IV classifications of personality disorders is characterized by social and interpersonal deficits, and eccentric behaviors that inhibit the development of close relationships?

A)borderline
B)schizoid
C)narcissistic
D)schizotypal

Question 36

A disorder characterized by orderliness, perfectionism and inflexible behaviors has:

A)post-traumatic stress disorder
B)non-phobic panic disorder
C)kleptomania
D)obsessive-compulsive disorder

Question 37

_____, common among violent offenders, includes a history of antisocial behavior beginning no later than age 15 for males, and for females anytime during the teen years.

Question 38

The primary psychopath is...

A)usually neurotic.
B)always criminal.
C)usually violent and destructive.
D)always a social chameleon

Question 39

Recent research has suggested that serotonin has no role in creating violent behavior.