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A therapeutic group, consisting of seven mildly delinquent young prisoners and one psychopath, was organized at Fort Leavenworth. The psychopath boasted, dominated, and shocked the others. They reacted by rapidly developing
group feeling and a group superego and showing anxiety at contemplating becoming like the psychopath. When the psychopath left the group, they began to work seriously on their own problems.