15 July 2008

One question psychology test

A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing. She believed him to be her dream guy so much that she fell in love with him right there, but never asked for his number and could not find him.

A few days later she killed her sister.


Question: What is her motive for killing her sister?

[There IS a potential logic in this question. Think for a few minutes before checking the answer in the "comments" section.]

3 comments:

  1. Answer: She was hoping the guy would appear at the funeral again.

    "If you answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath. This was a test by a famous American psychologist used to test if one has the same mentality as a killer. Many arrested serial killers took part in the test and answered the question correctly.

    If you didn't answer the question correctly, good for you."

    (found at Big Shot Bob in Texas' blog. I have some doubts re the credibility of the "history" of the question, which sound more like an urban legend, but who knows...)

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  2. Oops. The item is confirmed to be an urban legend at Snopes.com.

    I can't put a clickable link in the comments, but here's the url if you want to copy and paste -

    http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/sister.asp

    or just go to Snopes and type "psychopath test" in the search box.

    Anyway, this will serve as a good introduction to Snopes for those previously unfamiliar with the site...

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  3. "Anyway, this will serve as a good introduction to Snopes for those previously unfamiliar with the site..."

    lol, thanks for the intro

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