Psychopath Test

How evil are you?

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Are you a PSYCHO? Test yourself and friends for your level of psychopathy, based on a combination of academic research and first-hand experience. Multiple choice questions testing for the dark triad of narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy.
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Creatrix Tiara

Psychopathy is a major psychiatric diagnosis that can't just be reduced to "evil". Putting these kind of jokey tests up is making light of the condition and can cause further harm. Here's some writing from someone with diagnosed and treated psychopathy about it: https://medium.com/@machinesblee... And an interview with another person diagnosed with psychopathy: https://medium.com/the-cut/my-li...

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Nothing

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This is really irresponsible.

Dan
Maker
I'd be wary of diagnoses which deny psychopaths any sense of free will. Yes there's circumstances which are correlated to certain behaviours, however there are also people who have been raised in very similar environments who have chosen to go a different route. I think seeing psychopaths as passive victims (of either their genes or environment) is going down a slippery slope of denying people agency for all harmful behaviours, and is also an insult to victims of narcissistic abuse. Evil is certainly a broad term, but the accepted definition of someone that enjoys causing harm to others, does align with psychopathy. Due to the fairly dark subject matter, I tried to make the test both fun and light-hearted, it's a shame you find it "jokey". Edit: I read both those Medium articles. Given that neither of them are narcissistic, or have a deep propensity to harm others, they are not psychopaths - perhaps lacking in empathy at worst.
Tarek Pertew
I'll put put it this way: I hope not a single person takes it seriously. The questions are laughably simplistic and almost invites responses that are riddled in bias. In short, this borderline irresponsible to share should a single person actually take it seriously and should probably come with a qualifier that it's more of a tool for kids to joke around with and learn the basic behaviors of a psychopath than to actually take seriously as a test.
Dan
Maker
@tarekp Fair point. This should not be used as a substitute for clinical tests which are more qualitative, have to be given by a trained psychologist, and are not available online. By being designed to be both easy to use and quick to take, a certain rigour had to be sacrificed. The questions are of course simplistic, however it's difficult to base closed questions on subtler predictors, without the chance of false positives.
Suganthan Mohanadasan

Fun little tool.

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It's fun :D

Cons:

If you get a positive result!

Dan
Maker
I hope this test provides an easy and fun way for people to diagnose themselves on the empath-psychopath spectrum, and more importantly, spot the warning signs in others. This is not a replacement for the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, which should only be given by a licensed practitioner.
Suganthan Mohanadasan
Nice work Dan. Just did a test and I'm not a psycho :D
Nancy Bonsai
How accurate are these results? Should I worry if I scored high? Lol
Dan
Maker
@basicbonsai Millimetre precision accurate :-) No in seriousness, you should only worry if you score 90% and above. Although psychopaths don't worry about being bad people - they consider their traits as skills that get them ahead in life.
Wade Armstrong
So what's the deal with calling out Sayalay Anuttara? I have no idea whom she is but it doesn't seem that she's an obvious parallel to Ted Bundy.
Dan
Maker
@kaizendad Inspiration for the test, and just as evil in my opinion. I wanted to stress that not all psychopaths are serial killers.
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