1. Someone you know gets a perfect score on the SAT. What personal, family, and social characteristics do you think this individual has? Another person becomes a serial killer. Without knowing this person, describe their personal, family, and social characteristics. If bad behavior is explained by multiple problems, is good behavior explained by multiple strengths?

Answer: The person who's got the perfect score on SAT should be someone that has a great educational development background, emotional support from his ou her family, finantial support, was probably encouraged to study and think of a career that aroused interest, etc. The serial killer is probably someone that has been through traumatic experiences, doesn't have a supportive family or even feels emotionally left behind by their relatives. The lack of empathy is also proved to be caused by educational undevelopment.

Good behavior isn't just explained by multiple strenghts in someone's personality, but also by analyzing the finantial and social background. People that had all the support necessary and have never been in a situation in which they were deprived of something usually succeed in achieving their objectives, not only based on how they are. In conclusion, good behavior goes much farther than only considering personality aspects, so it can't be explained only by multiple strenghts.