00:03are cats psychopathic well maybe and a new questionnaire developed by experts
00:08could help you figure out if yours is the psychopathy model is three-pronged measuring
00:13levels of boldness meanness and disinhibition so researchers created this comprehensive test
00:18based on 2042 cat owners and their pets to see how your cat measures on the scale the cat triarchic
00:24questionnaire can be found online and asks a series of 46 questions asking about all cat
00:29behaviors from things like my cat needs constant stimulation to my cat purrs when attacking people
00:35slash animals even asking whether your cat quote dominates neighborhood cats respondents are then
00:40meant to rate on a scale how well this describes their pet and use a formula at the bottom to
00:44see
00:44where your feline sits on overall psychopathy psychologist rebecca evans explained to
00:48motherboard about this study quote it is likely that all cats have an element of psychopathy as
00:53it would have once been helpful for their ancestors in terms of acquiring resources for example food
00:58territory and mating opportunities i guess now it just depends how psychopathic is yours
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