Deck 25: Forensic Psychology

Question 1

Psychology is the study of the mind and how it affects human behavior.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

An UNSUB is an offender who is unknown to the authorities.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Competency relates to being able to understand how the world is organized.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Forensic psychologists are commonly found at crime scenes.

Question 5

It is common for forensic psychologists to visit jails or prisons.

Question 6

Eyewitnesses use recall memory when they identify a suspect in a lineup.

Question 7

A photo array is a compilation of crime scene photos shown to a witness.

Question 8

Groupthink occurs when people in a group abandon their individual thoughts in order to conform to a group.

Question 9

Mens rea is when a jury is primarily composed of male jurors.

Question 10

Forensic psychology is the combination of psychology and

A) crime scene investigation
B) the law
C) mental health
D) incarceration

Question 11

Forensic psychologists are social scientists whose job it is to

A) counsel offenders
B) evaluate persons involved in a crime
C) conduct research involving courtroom activities
D) all of these

Question 12

The first and most significant attempt at forensic psychology was which case?

A) O.J. Simpson case
B) Bill Cosby case
C) Jeffrey Dahmer case
D) Daniel McNaughten case

Question 13

Which of the following is ONLY related to MO and not to a signature act.

A) deliberate behaviors of the UNSUB during the crime
B) pertain to crime linkage
C) changes over time with criminal competence
D) may reveal behavioral evidence

Question 14

Which of the following is ONLY related to a signature act and not to a MO.

A) deliberate behaviors of the UNSUB during the crime
B) pertain to crime linkage
C) may reveal behavioral evidence
D) rarely changes

Question 15

Crime scene analysis for the forensic psychologist involves

A) profiling inputs
B) collecting evidence
C) formulating decision-process models
D) making a crime assessment

Question 16

The term that describes a defendant who was, as a result of mental illness, unable to know the difference between right and wrong.

A) insanity
B) incompetence
C) actus reus
D) mens rea

Question 17

If a pretrial defendant is found to be incompetent, they will be remanded to

A) a special jail
B) a prison hospital
C) a psychiatric hospital
D) a relative's home

Question 18

Risk assessment makes predictions about an individual's future behavior.
Which of this is not part of this assessment?

A) static factors
B) psychopathy
C) dynamic factors
D) risk management factors

Question 19

What type of thinking can lead to criminal behaviors?

A) psychotic
B) prejudicial
C) negative
D) coerced