Today, due to the fact that we as a class have been reading Crime and Punishment and thinking about the nature of crimes, I was asked to take a Psychopath test. Initially I didnt know what to expect. A psycopath test? For me? Why ? Have I shown in any way that I were volatile? I went ahead anyways and took the test. The questions on the test were strang yet when I think about it they made a lot of sense.There were questions which asked ; Are they unrealistic about their long term aims? when I saw this question, it hit me. Was I unrealistic about my long term aims? I thought for a while then I realized that I partialy had this quality. Yea I'm aiming high when it comes to my goals but I believe that any thing is possible if the right amount of work is put into it. Am I crazy for that? I would be then according to the test. Ultimately my test results were in and it said that I did not have strong psycopathic tendencies though it did not rule out the possibility of me becoming a mass murderer. It said that I would often find things like talking with normal people boring and would not want anything from them unless it benefitted me at all. After taking the test I felt a little unsettled. When I thought about the distinctions between psycopaths and normal people I was shocked. For me personally that line was very close. On the test I often had to answer partially to the questions due to the fact that I didn't have all of those qualities of a psychopath but I did have some of them. For instance the question Do they enjoy taking riskes and acting on reckless impulses? I had to answer partially to this question because I know for a fact that I like to take risks but at the same time I take calculated risks and often decide wether the risk I took would be beneficial and the losses would be immense. There were also questions that when I looked at them I knew that they unequivically described a pyschopath. The question asked, have they no apparent sense of remorse, shame, or guilt? A question like this would really relate to a psychopath. From my experience of watching Forensic Files, other True TV programs, and GangLand, I have seen how some of the criminals react to things such as murder and rape. When I watch those people it seems to me that they are not penitent about what then did and sometimes they are so arrogant as to say that if they had a chance they would do it again.
On the topic of the Broadcasting This American Life I thought it was Interesting. The Broadcast itself reminded me of another radio show I used to watch during the summer called The Bert Show. I dont know if it's my hearing but I could go so far as to say that the main announcers from both broadcasts sound the same. The This American Life Broadcast like The Bert Show was very funny I often had a chuckle. I guess thier humor appeals to my sense of humor. Also what I noted was that with both shows they talk about random topics that you thinking like the psycopath test. All in All the broadcast was great and I liked it. :)
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