102. Although the term “psychopath” is popularly applied to an especially brutal criminal, in psychology it is someone who is apparently incapable of feeling compassion or the pangs of conscience.

(A) it is someone who is
(B) it is a person
(C) they are people who are
(D) it refers to someone who is
(E) it is in reference to people

Solution:

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A is wrong in using “it is someone” Psychopath is a term; ‘someone’ cannot be a term.
B is wrong as term cannot be a person.
C is wrong is using ‘they’ for term.
E is wrong due to wordy use of ‘in reference to’.
D correctly uses ‘refers to someone’; a term can refer to a person.
D is the best choice.

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