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PSY 375 - EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
forensic |means |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-of |service |to |the | court work |done |by |forensic |psychologists |- |CORRECT | ANSWER✔✔--establishing |competency |
- |deal |with |psychological |issues |affecting |families |who |come |before |the |court deal |with |issues |like |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--malingering -medication |and |how |it |may |impact |legal |issues | -personality |disorders |and |their |roles |in |a |case | -assessing |biases |of |jurors |or |witnesses
- |helping |law |enforcement |understand |ways |to |identify | perpetrators |of |violent |crimes FP |focuses |on |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-person |rather |than | patterns |of |crime | and |with |their |thoughts |and |emotions |rather |than |physical |o |sociological |processes
what |FP |DON'T |do |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |study |broad | trends |in |criminality | -examine |how |the |legal |system |works | -solve |crimes is |the |legal |system |adversarial? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔- yes, |the |truth |is |supposed |to |be |brought |out |through |the | process |of |questioning |and |testing |every |statement |and | piece |of |data skills |and |education |required |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-PhD, | one |year |of |pre-doctoral |internship |and |one |year |of |post- doctoral |internship, |licensure |exams general |characteristics |of |the |average |criminal |- |CORRECT | ANSWER✔✔-- |most |often |men | -usually |in |mid |to |late |teens |
- |come |from |dysfunctional |backgrounds |
- |have |family |or |friends |who |have |been |convinced |of |crimes | probably |didn't |do |well |at |school what |leads |to |lawbreaking? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- | nature/nurture |
- |people |assume |women |must |be |mentally |disturbed |to | commit |a |crime Genetics |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |some |believe |in |survival | of |the |fittest, |following |this |logic |we |would |all |be |rapists |or | murderers cognition |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-all |the |mental |activities | associated |with |thinking, |knowing, |remembering, |and | communicating cognition |style |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-refers |to |the | manner |in |which |a |person |or |group |thinks shared |ways |of |thinking |about |themselves |and |crimes |- | CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |denial |of |criminality |
- |justification
- |hostile |attribution |bias: |sensitive |to |ambiguous |comments
- |minimization |of |impact |of |crime |
- |rationalization: |shift |blame |to |victim Personality |Traits |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-enduring | characteristics |that |describe |an |individual's |behavior
Shared |aspects |of |personality |in |many |criminals |- |CORRECT | ANSWER✔✔-- |external |locus |of |control: |no |responsibility |for | their |actions |
- |lack |of |empathy | lack |of |self-control |
- |search |for |excitement criminal |narratives |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-narratives | prevalent |in |the |minds |of |different |criminals |
- |being |on |an |adventure |
- |being |on |a |heroic |mission |: |avenging |
- |being |a |tragic |victim: |misunderstood |
- |doing |a |professional |job mental |illness |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-person's |thoughts | and |feelings |are |deeply |disturbed |and |may |be |out |of |contact |with |reality personality |disorder |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |more |subtle |
- |personality |disorders |are |significantly |more |related |to | criminal |behavior |than |mental |illness |is
- |does |not |cause |delusions |or |associations, |but |still |colors | thoughts |and |actions |
- |may |be |unable |to |empathize |or |relate |to |others |
Two |different |styles |of |psychopaths |- |CORRECT | ANSWER✔✔-type |1: |superficial |charm, |pathological |liars, | callous, |remorseless, |manipulative | type |2: |more |obviously |criminal, |impulsive |and | irresponsible, |history |of |juvenile |delinquency, |antisocial | tendencies, |unstable |lives Violence |Typology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-instrumental | violence: |injury |to |a |person |that |is |secondary |to |some |other | external |goal | reactive: |retaliatory, |hostile |reaction |to |a |perceived | physical |or |emotional |threat Two |major |areas |of |violence |research |- |CORRECT | ANSWER✔✔-- |biosocial |model: |Look |to |the |social, | psychological |and |biological |factors |in |interpersonal | violence
- |social |learning |model: |Studies |focus |on |the |effects |of | family, |peer, |local |community, |and |neighborhood | influences |on |violence Biosocial |model |of |human |Violence |- |CORRECT | ANSWER✔✔--all |behavior |is |the |product |of |nature |v |nurture |
- |Genes |may |explain |about |50% |of |aggressive |behavior
concordance |rates |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Describes |the | relationship |between |genetic |predisposition |and |behavior
- |purpose |of |concordance |studies |is |to |help |to |parse |out |the | degree |to |which |certain |behaviors |are |genetically, |as | opposed |to |environmentally, |influenced physiological |influences |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Most | mental |illnesses |do |not |affect |a |person's |ability |to | voluntarily |and |consciously |commit |a |crime Age |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |under | 18 |could |not |be | regarded |as |having |the |mental |state |required |to |support |the |death |penalty Brain |anomalies |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Relationship | between |violence |and |abnormalities |in |brain |structure
- |amygdala: |fear |and |rage Amygdala |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |sends |chemical | messages |associated |with |fear |and |rage |to |other |parts |of | the |brain |for |processing |into |behavior |
- |connection |to |antisocial |behavior |- |removal |of |amygdala | had |resulted |in |a |reduction |of |antisocial |behavior
Shared |characteristics |of |serial |killers |- |CORRECT | ANSWER✔✔-- |most |are |white, |single |males |
- |criminal |history |
- |tend |to |be |smart |
- |come |from |dysfunctional |families |with |female |domination |
- |suffered |child |abuse |
- |trouble |with |male |authority |figures |
- |general |hatred |of |the |world |
- |strong |interest |in |deviant |sexuality |
- |exceptional |interpersonal |skills Serial |Killer |Typologies |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |visionary | type: |driven |by |delusions |or |hallucinations |that |compel |him | or |her |to |kill |a |particular |group |of |individuals, |or |people |in |a | particular |place, |psychotic!
- |mission |oriented |type: |believes |that |there |is |a |particular | group |of |people |who |are |undesirable |and |must |be | destroyed |, |NOT |psychotic! -hedonistic |type: |strives |for |pleasure, |lust, |thrill, |personal | comfort |
- |power-control |killer: |primary |motive |is |the |pleasure |of | extreme |power |and |dominance |over |the |helpless |victim
Mass |Murderers: |Classic |and |Family |- |CORRECT | ANSWER✔✔-- |classic: |person |who |barricades |himself |inside | a |public |building |and |randomly |kills |people |there
- |family: |at |least |three |family |members |are |killed |- |most | common |of |all |mass |murder |types
- |Mass |murderers |are |frequently |described |as |frustrated, | angry |people |who |feel |helpless |about |their |lives, |withdrawn terrorist |mass |murder |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-terrorist | commits |mass |murder |to |demoralize |a |political |enemy Rape |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-sexual |intercourse |without | consent sexual |assault |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-broader |category | which |embraces |unwanted |touching, |touching |a |vulnerable | person |or |minor, |and |gaining |consent |through |fraud |or | deceit forensic |psychologists |consider |three |ways |in |which |rapists | make |use |of |their |victims: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |victim | as |object: |an |opportunity |for |sexual |gratification |
- |victim |as |vehicle: |may |represent |a |women |of |his |past |
- |victim |as |person: |the |victim |is |a |significant |person
sex |offender |types |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |exploitative | type: |uses |force
- |sadistic |type: |pleasure |in |harming |the |child Typical |Stalking |Behaviors |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |high | degree |of |inappropriate |intimacy
- |contact |through |various |media |
- |surveillance |
- |invasion |of |personal |property
- |threats |and |attempts |at |coercion
- |direct |aggression
- |cyberstalking stalker |typologies |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |simple | obsession
- |love |obsession |
- |erotomanie |: |believe |relationship |already |exists |
- |vengeance: |produce |fear |
- |political: |weapon |of |terror |
- |cyberstalking
Workplace |violence |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-verbal, | physical, |or |sexual |abuse |of |staff |by |other |staff |members, | residents, |or |visitors types |of |workplace |violence |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- | assailant |does |not |have |a |legitimate |relationship |to |the | workplace |or |victim |
- |assailant |is |the |recipient |of |some |services |and |may |be |a | current |or |former |client |or |customer |
- |assailant |has |an |unemployment-related |involvement |with | the |workplace |
- |assailant |has |an |indirect |involvement |with |the |workplace types |of |arson |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |domestic | buildings: |hero |mission |to |wrong |some |hurt |
- |institutions: |schools/hospitals |
- |vehicles: |professional |getting |rid |of |evidence |
- |arsonist |himself: |mentally |ill
- |arson |for |profit: |insurance terrorism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--domestic: |done |within | one;s |own |country |(lone |wolf) |
- |international: |direction |of |foreign |power
