'The Hare Psychopathy Checklist': The test that will tell you if someone is a sociopath

(Answer: For sociopaths, the answer to this question is yes.)

(Psychopaths do.)

(Psychopaths can't endure periods of the doldrums.)

(Psychopaths don't care about the truth.)

(Psychopaths often believe they can pull the strings of the dupes around them.)

(Psychopaths don't feel bad when they do bad things.)

(Psychopaths show a lack of emotions when an emotional reaction is appropriate.)

(Psychopaths just don't care when bad things happen to other people.)

(Psychopaths prefer not to work for a living. They feel it is easier to take stuff from other people.)

(Psychopaths find it difficult to keep themselves in check.)

(Psychopaths like one-night stands.)

(As children, psychopaths often have a history of cruelty to others.)

(Psychopaths prefer crazy schemes over life or career goals.)

(Psychopaths are very, very impulsive.)

(Psychopaths aren't big on doing the right thing.)

(When you're a psycho, it's always someone else's fault.)

(Psychopaths have an inability to commit to, or repeatedly betray, long-term relationships.)

(Psychopaths start young.)

(Even when psychopaths catch a break — like being let out of prison on probation — they tend to screw up.)

(Psychopaths differ from normal criminals because they don't really care which type of laws they break — they'll break any of them, under the right circumstances.)

How did you do?

If you scored more than 30 (i.e. you answered "somewhat" or "definitely" to most of these questions) then you might be a psychopath.

If you scored lower than that — breathe easy. You're normal.