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Psychopath test

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nightowl Sun 15-Dec-13 16:10:51

Did anyone else watch Psycopath Night on Channel 4 last night. I think it may be repeated tonight.

Anyway, for those who are interested, the following test will show where you sit in the psychopathy spectrum!

psychopath.channel4.com/quizzes.html

whenim64 Tue 17-Dec-13 20:01:10

newist your thinking tells me you should probably be a criminal profiler! grin

newist Tue 17-Dec-13 19:45:26

Dear me, Flowerofthewest might read this and change her mind about visiting me in the summer. I am so looking forward to meeting her smile

Ana Tue 17-Dec-13 19:35:27

newist! I'm getting seriously worried about you - you're probably right! tchgrin

newist Tue 17-Dec-13 19:11:02

I have another reason to kill the sister, To go to another funeral, so she could meet the young man again, for no other reason than that

Elegran Tue 17-Dec-13 19:10:58

Because the young man was her sister's son, and she had children of her own who should get the inheritance? Or he was a brother she had never met, and her sister was the only person who knew that, and could stop her from having him?

A writer of soap scripts could probably come up with a dozen scenarios.

Agus Tue 17-Dec-13 19:03:03

For the inheritance? Depending on who the young man was personable and friendly with, if it was the sister, she would have to go. The result being, the killer got her man and the money!

whenim64 Tue 17-Dec-13 18:41:13

I've pm'd my answer to you, absent so as not to spoil the fun guessing.

newist Tue 17-Dec-13 18:29:36

The sister might of wanted the young man for herself, so she had to go.

Lona Tue 17-Dec-13 18:27:23

I've done the test again and been absolutely honest this time. Last time I think I was people pleasing really.
This time my result was 67% and the summary of me was totally right.

newist Tue 17-Dec-13 18:26:16

Thats the funny thing about my score, I am quite overly sensitive when I hear sad and moving things, But.... I do know if and when it comes to a survival thing, like, if I needed a job to say, feed my children, I would try to make sure no matter what I got that job. I trained as a chef in the 70s and nearly always got promoted to being Head cook or chef, because I was told I had good organisational skills, (or bossiness) I don't like toast tchgrin

janerowena Tue 17-Dec-13 18:23:29

I think I know* but I shan't say yet.


*My plea for my defense, m'lud, is that I read an awful lot of thrillers and whodunnits!

absent Tue 17-Dec-13 18:17:52

What about the "question only a psycopath can answer correctly"?

A woman is attending her mother's funeral and at the gathering for sandwiches and tea afterwards, she spends time chatting to various friends, family and neighbours and one or two people she doesn't know. These include a personable and friendly young man. The next week she kills her sister. Why?

petallus Tue 17-Dec-13 17:59:52

Why did the questionnaire ask about puppies and kittens instead of cats and dogs? There's a world of difference. And would anyone seriously go for piruhana (sp)?

janerowena Tue 17-Dec-13 15:41:26

Unfortunately I don't, they didn't have a choice for me. I prefer grown cats. they didn't have an 'other' button. I do hate things that wee on the floor and scratch the furniture and climb up my curtains! I only like kittens on cards, not as pets.

91% is impressive. grin I would say that you and toot are true unsentimental realists with a strong instinct for self-preservation. Is that anything like what was said?

JessM Tue 17-Dec-13 15:35:59

How do you like them newist - on toast?

newist Tue 17-Dec-13 15:10:25

I scored 91% twice, I do like kittens,

newist Tue 17-Dec-13 14:56:00

Yes

toot Tue 17-Dec-13 14:46:38

Scored 89%, but what the hell, it passed a couple of seconds lol.

It's simply a bit of frivolous nonsense, I can't understand why it has been taken to heart by some, life is too short for nitpicking.

janerowena Tue 17-Dec-13 14:23:50

grin

JessM Tue 17-Dec-13 14:21:01

And so does the man who designed the questionnaire grin

janerowena Tue 17-Dec-13 13:59:44

Were you higher than 61% newist? grin

I always thought I was such a nice person, too! grin Mind you, maybe so do psychopaths.

whenim64 Mon 16-Dec-13 23:52:45

I've had murderous thoughts about my ex, but they don't figure on the scale. I think I might get away with it grin

newist Mon 16-Dec-13 23:14:38

Thank You, I must admit to having quite naughty thoughts about my alcoholic OH in the 60s

whenim64 Mon 16-Dec-13 23:04:41

You'd be looking at well over 90% to signal that a more comprehensive test might be done, but this test still doesn't show clusters of psychopathic traits, newist, so unless you are an axe murderer or hedge fund banker, I wouldn't give it another thought! grin

Aka Mon 16-Dec-13 23:00:47

Newist grin