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Intellectual. 3. Have you ever suspected or caught this person lying? Rarely if ever. Sometimes - to avoid hurting feelings. Often - to keep from getting in trouble. Habitually - often about silly things. 4. How the person react around people in authoritative positions? Resentful of people in authority. Tends to suck up to authority. Respectful of authority. Afraid of authority. 5. Which best describes this person's financial situation? Responsible, pays his way in life. Rarely holds the same job for long, lets others support him. Struggling along, sometimes shows irresponsible behavior. Wealthy, sometimes flamboyant, rarely speaks about being over his head. 6. How does this person deal with his failures like loss of a job or bypassed for promotion? Angrily and always blames the person who made the decision. Overly hard on himself and beats himself down for his failures. Depressed but eventually shakes it off and moves on. Learns from his mistakes and shows personal growth from the experience. 7. Select the phrase which best describes how this person is in their intimate relationships such as marriage. Respectful of their mate. Seems to have the ability to share deep emotional ties with their mate. Seems to love their mate, but has had occasional flings. Has no regard or respect for their mate and has regular flings. 8. You have observed this person... Directly point out a potentially unsafe situation to others. Observe a potentially unsafe situation, but did not say anything about it. Appear generally unobservant and usually fails to notice unsafe situations. Overreacts to potentially unsafe situations demanding they be rectified immediately. 9. Which best describes the person? Takes good care of himself by exercising and watching his diet. Is moderately careful about his health, an occasional drinker. Drinks often and enjoys drugs such as meth and cocaine. Warns others against the use of alcohol and drugs. 10. Choose which best describes this person after you got to know him. Nice, honest, caring, responsible. Arrogant, liar, lazy, irresponsible. Often charming, deceptive, manipulative, void of emotion Hard, isolated, uncommutative, private. Do You Know Someone Who's a Psychopath? You got: The Person Does Not Have Typical Psychopathic Characteristics Marcus Clackson / Getty Images Based on the answers that you provided to the quiz questions, the person that you are wondering about shares very few, if any commonalities with psychopaths. However, the fact that you question their behavior to this degree is concerning and should not be dismissed based on the results of this quiz. Psychopaths Do Not Feel Guilt or Remorse Psychopaths are manipulative, highly deceptive, and incapable of feeling empathy for others. They teach themselves how to respond appropriately to disguise their inability to feel many of the emotions that normal people experience, such as love. The psychopath is incapable of love, even for their parents, siblings, spouse and their children. Many of them turn into violent criminals and murderers because they have a need to control coupled with their inability to feel empathy or guilt. Share Your Results Share Flipboard Email Do You Know Someone Who's a Psychopath? You got: The Person Shows a Few Characteristics Common in Psychopaths B. Blue Based on the answers that you provided to the quiz questions, it appears that while the person may be lacking in maturity, they only show marginal characteristics associated with psychopaths. However, based on the fact that you took the quiz, it can be assumed that there is something about the person that has you concerned. Do not dismiss those feelings based on the results of this quiz. Psychopaths are Charming and Cunning Psychopaths are extremely cunning and when they first meet people, whether socially or on the job, they are often engaging and appear, responsible, trusting and capable. This is because they have trained themselves to mimic the behavior of normal people. As their facade starts to break down and the psychopath's true personality seeps out, those around them are often in disbelief and are slow to accept such radical changes of behavior. Share Your Results Share Flipboard Email Do You Know Someone Who's a Psychopath? You got: The Person Shows Some Commonality With Psychopaths Reza Estakhrian / Getty Images Based on the answers that you provided to the quiz questions, it appears that the person is often deceptive and shows some of the characteristics that are associated with psychopathic behavior. Psychopathy is a personality disorder that is characterized by egomaniacal behavior, manipulation, impulsivity, and the inability to feel empathy for others. Psychopaths are accomplished actors that use their talents to exist within society so that they can get what they want. Many psychopaths are highly educated and respected professionally and as members of their community. They often move up the ladder in their jobs because of they are highly manipulative and have the ability to make the tough calls. Once in a position of power and trust, many of them become white-collar criminals and get into insider trading, embezzlement, money laundering and Ponzi schemes. Share Your Results Share Flipboard Email Do You Know Someone Who's a Psychopath? You got: The Person Has the Same Characteristics of Many Psychopaths Bettmann Archive / Getty Images Based on the answers that you provided to the quiz questions, the person scores high on sharing the same characteristics of many psychopaths. Psychopathic Serial Killers Out of all the personality disorders, psychopathy is the most dangerous. Because psychopaths are unable to feel remorse, they are often drawn to violent crimes including murder. The infamous serial killer Ted Bundy was a psychopath as is Dennis Rader and Israel Keyes. None of them displayed any empathy for their victims and had they not been caught; they would have gone on killing because they enjoyed it. Share Your Results Share Flipboard Email