OPW - Nov 22 - The Economist ran an article about Psychopaths, and I got to wondering... Do matchmaking sites test for psychopathy? When a man is interested in a woman he needs to demonstrate two things. 1. He's interested in her. 2. He's safe. Dating sites have a hard time communicating #2. No problem with #1, but #2 is more elusive. TRUE runs a background check to see if paying members are felons or sex offenders. But, does anyone run a test to check for psychopathy I wonder? It turns out, psychopaths aren't so easy to identify. They usually know exactly what they should do in ethical/social situations, but they don't. In the Economist article, Dr Ermer and Dr Kiehl of the University of New Mexico use something called the Wason test to identify prisoners who are psychopaths. The test poses questions in the form of a social contract. i.e. 'if you borrow the car, you have to fill the tank.' Psychopaths fail this test at higher rates than regular people. This card test is disarming and entertaining enough to be integrated into personality profiles, I think. What do you think? - Mark Brooks
FULL ARTICLE @ THE ECONOMIST
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