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Forensic Psychology MCQ

Forensic Psychology MCQ

 

1. Forensic psychology was established with the work of ____.

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Correct Answer: Munsterberg

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2. Is victimology the psychological and criminological study of crime victimization, including but not limited to characteristics of victims, victims’ rights, and victim assistance programs?

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Correct Answer: True

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3. _____ is known as aPA and AP-LS Guidelines offered in a number of subject areas associated with research and clinical practice in forensic psychology. Most recent guidelines were published in 2013.

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Correct Answer: Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychology

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4. _____ is defined as examination of the validity of documents, such as wills or suicide notes.

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Correct Answer: questioned document examination or analysis

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5. _____ is the science of the behavioral and mental processes of the adult and juvenile offender.

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Correct Answer: Psychology of crime and delinquency

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6. Is police and public safety psychology (PPSP) branch of psychology focusing on services provided to law enforcement personnel, including assessment, clinical treatment, and consulting on administrative matters?

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Correct Answer: True

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7. _____ is known as umbrella term for the scientific study of a wide assortment of topics reflecting the close relationship between psychology and the courts.

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Correct Answer: legal psychology

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8. _____ is defined as social workers, typically with a master’s degree, who provide services relative to legal matters, such as custody evaluations or assessments in guardianship cases.

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Correct Answer: forensic social workers

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9. _____ is branch of psychology dealing with legal matters within an educational context.

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Correct Answer: forensic school psychology

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10. Is forensic psychology the production of psychological knowledge and its application to the civil and criminal justice systems?

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Correct Answer: True

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11. _____ is known as medical doctors trained to provide assessment services to courts in relation to persons who may evidence emotional, cognitive, or behavioral problems.

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Correct Answer: forensic psychiatrists

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12. _____ is defined as study of insects (and their arthropod relatives) as it relates to legal issues.

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Correct Answer: forensic entomology

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13. _____ is a specialty whose practitioners have extensive knowledge about human development, family dynamics, and the court system.

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Correct Answer: Family forensic psychology

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14. Is ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (EPPCC) provides ethical standards and guidelines for what is appropriate behavior in clinical and research practice for psychologists?

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Correct Answer: True

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15. _____ is known as professional designation signifying that a person has been certified as having advanced knowledge, skills, and competence in a particular specialty.

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Correct Answer: diplomate

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16. _____ is defined as forensic electronic data recovery, usually for legal purposes.

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Correct Answer: digital investigative analysis

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17. _____ is the branch of forensic psychology that interacts with prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities and programs, both in institutional and community settings. Correctional psychologists often prefer that term rather than forensic psychologist.

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Correct Answer: correctional psychology

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18. Is availability heuristic the cognitive shortcuts that people use to make inferences about their world. It is the information that is most readily available to use mentally, and is usually based extensively on the most recent material we gain from the news or entertainment media?

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Correct Answer: True

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19. _____ is known as an organization of psychologists dedicated to the advancement of science in psychology. After the APA, it is the next-largest psychological association in the United States.

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Correct Answer: Association for Psychological Science (APS)

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20. _____ is defined as the largest professional association for psychologists in the world, with 134,000 members as of 2012.

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Correct Answer: American Psychological Association (APA)

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21. Psychologists who practice in military settings have prescription privileges.

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Correct Answer: True

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22. Questioned document examination is also called digital investigative analysis.

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Correct Answer: False

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23. Which of the following tasks would be completed by a forensic psychologist who specializes in correctional psychology?

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Correct Answer: Conduct sexually violent predator assessments

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24. The PsyD degree typically has a limited ______ focus.

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Correct Answer: Research

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25. All of the following are considered applied branches of psychology except ______ psychology.

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Correct Answer: Cognitive

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26. Career opportunities in forensic psychology are greatly limited due to the current political climate.

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Correct Answer: False

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27. Which of the following is an example of the availability heuristic?

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Correct Answer: Terrified individuals cancel beach vacations after numerous sensational media stories vividly depict shark attacks

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28. Family forensic psychology is a subarea of legal psychology.

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Correct Answer: True

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29. All of the following are subspecialties of forensic psychology except ______.

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Correct Answer: Rehabilitation

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30. Which division of the American Psychological Association was instrumental in prompting the APA to adopt forensic psychology guidelines in 1991?

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Correct Answer: The American Psychology-Law Society

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31. Monica Luke is a PhD who consults with the Thomas County School District to identify potentially dangerous youth in the school system. Dr. Luke practices the forensic psychology subspecialty of ______.

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Correct Answer: Crime and delinquency

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32. The authors describe various ethical issues facing psychologists today. Which of the following is one of these issues?

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Correct Answer: Dual relationships between psychologist and client

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33. The broad definition of forensic psychology includes not only the research but also the ______ of psychological concepts to criminal justice systems.

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Correct Answer: Application

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34. The term forensic refers to anything pertaining to ______.

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Correct Answer: Civil and criminal law

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35. Which type of forensic scientist would be most interested in the feeding pattern of insects?

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Correct Answer: A forensic entomologist

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