PSYC 2080 Exam 1 Questions and
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forensic - ✔✔Refers to scientific activities pertaining or potentially pertaining to law,
civil, and criminal.
forensic psychology - ✔✔Production of psychological knowledge and its applications to
civil and criminal justice systems. Gather information and use it in court cases and legal
proceedings.
forensic linguistics - ✔✔Concerned with in-depth evaluation of language-related
characteristics of text.
Ex: Stalking cases, ransom notes.
Grammar, syntax, spelling, vocabulary, and phraseology (soda vs. pop).
forensic anthropology - ✔✔Identification of skeletal, badly decomposed, or otherwise
unidentified human remains.
Ex: Using river current knowledge to determine where a body was dumped to end up
at point A.
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,forensic pathology - ✔✔Branch of medicine concerned with diseases and disorders of
the body that relate to questions that might come before court.
Someone who specializes in this examines the bodies of crime victims for clues about
the victim's demise.
forensic nurses - ✔✔Often work in hospital emergency departments; special training in
collection of evidence pertinent to a crime, such as sexual assault.
forensic pharmacists - ✔✔Knowledgable about drugs and their interactions.
Teach courses, offer workshops, and consult with lawyers preparing cases.
Also, often testify in both criminal and civil courts.
forensic entomology - ✔✔Study of insects and anthropods relatives as it relates to legal
issues.
Determines time since death (postmortem interval), location of death, etc.
forensic document examination
The process is often called Questioned document examination or analysis. It can be
applied to many types of investigations, including fraud, homicide, suicide, sexual
offense, blackmail, bombings, and arson. - ✔✔Definition: Analyzes handwriting, print
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,fonts, signatures, alterations in documents, damaged paper, inks and papers, etc., to
establish authorship and authenticity.
What is this process often called and what can it be applied to (give example)?
digital investigative analysis (DIA) - ✔✔Training to seize, search, and analyze electronic
media in execution of a search warrant or subpoena.
The major goal of the investigator/specialist is to recover the data or images without
modifying them.
These skills are used in a wide variety of investigations, such as fraud, embezzlement,
political corruption, child pornography, identity theft, document forgery, software
piracy, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and terroristic activity. - ✔✔What is the
major goal of the digital investigator/specialist?
What are some investigations that these skills are used in?
Forensic laboratories are usually maintained or sponsored by governmental agencies
specifically to examine physical evidence in criminal and civil matters.
Scientists prepare reports and provide courtroom testimony on physical evidence if
needed. - ✔✔Who is responsible for forensic laboratories? What are they specifically
for?
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, What do scientists do?
Private labs (some in universities) provide services to governmental agencies on a
contracted basis or employ scientists who conduct independent research. - ✔✔What
relationship do private labs have with the government?
"Most psychologists define the area more narrowly to refer to clinical psychologists who
are engaged in clinical practice within the legal system" (p. 279).
Problem: Focuses on clinical psychology- excludes topics such as eyewitness
identification, polygraphs, jury behavior, testimony of children.
Would focus on assessment/treatment of people within a legal context.
Psychopathy, insanity, risk assessment, personal injury, civil commitment. - ✔✔What is
the problem with Roesch's definition of psychology? What is his definition?
The history of psychology can be traced back at least to the end of the 19th century,
when J. McKeen Cattell conducted a very simple psychological experiment on
eyewitness testimony in a psychology class at Columbia University. He explored the
psychology of testimony by asking 56 college students a series of four questions. He
also asked students to rate their confidence in how correct they were.
Some were confident regardless of whether they were correct; others were always
insecure, even when they were right.
Level of accuracy were also surprisingly low.
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Answers 100% Pass
forensic - ✔✔Refers to scientific activities pertaining or potentially pertaining to law,
civil, and criminal.
forensic psychology - ✔✔Production of psychological knowledge and its applications to
civil and criminal justice systems. Gather information and use it in court cases and legal
proceedings.
forensic linguistics - ✔✔Concerned with in-depth evaluation of language-related
characteristics of text.
Ex: Stalking cases, ransom notes.
Grammar, syntax, spelling, vocabulary, and phraseology (soda vs. pop).
forensic anthropology - ✔✔Identification of skeletal, badly decomposed, or otherwise
unidentified human remains.
Ex: Using river current knowledge to determine where a body was dumped to end up
at point A.
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,forensic pathology - ✔✔Branch of medicine concerned with diseases and disorders of
the body that relate to questions that might come before court.
Someone who specializes in this examines the bodies of crime victims for clues about
the victim's demise.
forensic nurses - ✔✔Often work in hospital emergency departments; special training in
collection of evidence pertinent to a crime, such as sexual assault.
forensic pharmacists - ✔✔Knowledgable about drugs and their interactions.
Teach courses, offer workshops, and consult with lawyers preparing cases.
Also, often testify in both criminal and civil courts.
forensic entomology - ✔✔Study of insects and anthropods relatives as it relates to legal
issues.
Determines time since death (postmortem interval), location of death, etc.
forensic document examination
The process is often called Questioned document examination or analysis. It can be
applied to many types of investigations, including fraud, homicide, suicide, sexual
offense, blackmail, bombings, and arson. - ✔✔Definition: Analyzes handwriting, print
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,fonts, signatures, alterations in documents, damaged paper, inks and papers, etc., to
establish authorship and authenticity.
What is this process often called and what can it be applied to (give example)?
digital investigative analysis (DIA) - ✔✔Training to seize, search, and analyze electronic
media in execution of a search warrant or subpoena.
The major goal of the investigator/specialist is to recover the data or images without
modifying them.
These skills are used in a wide variety of investigations, such as fraud, embezzlement,
political corruption, child pornography, identity theft, document forgery, software
piracy, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and terroristic activity. - ✔✔What is the
major goal of the digital investigator/specialist?
What are some investigations that these skills are used in?
Forensic laboratories are usually maintained or sponsored by governmental agencies
specifically to examine physical evidence in criminal and civil matters.
Scientists prepare reports and provide courtroom testimony on physical evidence if
needed. - ✔✔Who is responsible for forensic laboratories? What are they specifically
for?
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, What do scientists do?
Private labs (some in universities) provide services to governmental agencies on a
contracted basis or employ scientists who conduct independent research. - ✔✔What
relationship do private labs have with the government?
"Most psychologists define the area more narrowly to refer to clinical psychologists who
are engaged in clinical practice within the legal system" (p. 279).
Problem: Focuses on clinical psychology- excludes topics such as eyewitness
identification, polygraphs, jury behavior, testimony of children.
Would focus on assessment/treatment of people within a legal context.
Psychopathy, insanity, risk assessment, personal injury, civil commitment. - ✔✔What is
the problem with Roesch's definition of psychology? What is his definition?
The history of psychology can be traced back at least to the end of the 19th century,
when J. McKeen Cattell conducted a very simple psychological experiment on
eyewitness testimony in a psychology class at Columbia University. He explored the
psychology of testimony by asking 56 college students a series of four questions. He
also asked students to rate their confidence in how correct they were.
Some were confident regardless of whether they were correct; others were always
insecure, even when they were right.
Level of accuracy were also surprisingly low.
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