OP here, totally agree with this. That question is almost "How honest are you with yourself?"
Takes a bit of scrolling down the page of results[1], but people are actually pretty honest on that one, the mode response is "Agree somewhat" (this finding is from our initial, seed sample).
Also agree about the ease of getting around this. Particularly if you're a psychopath, and are therefore good at being manipulative. The version of this test used in parole settings[2] deals with this by having professional interviewers who use the person's history and records to make assessments, in addition to the interview. (Note that I'm not actually defending that process; part of the point of this and NPR's recent discussions about psychopathy is to stimulate thinking about whether stuff like this should actually be used for important decisions like parole)
Takes a bit of scrolling down the page of results[1], but people are actually pretty honest on that one, the mode response is "Agree somewhat" (this finding is from our initial, seed sample).
Also agree about the ease of getting around this. Particularly if you're a psychopath, and are therefore good at being manipulative. The version of this test used in parole settings[2] deals with this by having professional interviewers who use the person's history and records to make assessments, in addition to the interview. (Note that I'm not actually defending that process; part of the point of this and NPR's recent discussions about psychopathy is to stimulate thinking about whether stuff like this should actually be used for important decisions like parole)
[1]: https://www.statwing.com/open/datasets/6beda395392cc4b0115e0...
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_Psychopathy_Checklist
edit: clarified that results from [1] are from initial seed sample of respondents, not the HN sample.