In chapter 4, Ronson was able to look into a psychologist. His name was Bob Hare and he studied psychopaths and how they were like. Hare believed that psychopaths could not be saved, but only made smarter. Hare's beginning experiments involved a shock test. His theory was that psychopaths could not feel pain. But after his shock test was brought down, Hare designed a survey-like test to test his new theories. Ronson joined many other people, in Hare's conference, to learn how to use this test. The test is suppose to find out who are the psychopaths. The way that the test works it that the number of answers you answer incorrect, you're a psychopath. Easily, this test was called 'The Psychopath Test". In Ronson's interview, Hare shared many of his experiences with psychopaths. This was able to help Ronson learn more about psychopaths and how they worked.
This chapter dragged on for a while but it did share a lot of good stories. The story that was most sad was the man who locked in mother up. I could never do that, but then again I am not a psychopath. It is interesting to see how many people are into the whole psychopath thing. In the very beginning of the chapter, Hare says that psychopaths can not be fixed. I 100% agree with that. From chapter 3, it just shows how psychopaths are able to learn and adapt to a certain criteria. I don't think I ever want to look at the Psychopath Test. It is kind of a silly thing for me.
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