forensic psychology: exam 1 questions with
verified answers
"Profiling Hypothesis" Ans✓✓✓ -Brutal facial injuries point to killers
who knew their victims.
-Murders committed with whatever weapon happens to be available
are more impulsive than murders committed with a gun and may reveal
a killer who lives fairly near the victim.
-Murders committed early in the morning seldom involve alcohol or
drugs.
According to self-report studies conducted by Hartwig (2011), people
tell lies ________.
A. once in a blue moon
B. fairly often
C on occasion
D. very rarely Ans✓✓✓ B. fairly often
Additional PCL-R items Ans✓✓✓ -Promiscuous sexual
behaviorPromiscuous sexual behavior
-Many short-term marital Many short-term marital relationships
-Criminal versatility
,APD vs. Psychopathy Ans✓✓✓ behavioral vs. interpersonal/affective
apprehension Ans✓✓✓ Arrest of a suspect allows the profiler to
evaluate the validity of their predictions.
Asking Unanticipated Questions
- helps with rehearsal
- results Ans✓✓✓ Another approach to detecting deception exploits
the fact the liars prepare themselves for anticipated questions by
rehearsing.
-Rehearsal only works when liars correctly anticipate the questions they
will be asked. When observers viewed responses to unanticipated
questions, they correctly classified 80% of the truth-tellers and liars
(could not distinguish truth-tellers from liars at above chance levels
when viewing answers to anticipated questions).
Becoming an FBI profiler Ans✓✓✓ -Following graduation from the
Academy, you would be placed in a specific FBI field office, so you must
be willing to relocate.
-Field experience as an FBI agent is important before applying to the
Behavioral Analysis Unit or other FBI unit that provide profiling services.
,-Work as an FBI profiler includes analysis, interviewing, writing, public
speaking, and assessing individual and group behavior.
Becoming an FBI profiler Ans✓✓✓ Consider the advice offered by Mary
Ellen O'Toole, PhD, a retired FBI agent and criminal profiler:-Visit the
website (www.fbi.gov) and review the current information on job
requirements for becoming an FBI agent.
-To become an agent, you would need, at minimum, a four-year college
degree (any major).
Before it disbanded in 2014, Agent Rodriguez used to work for the FBI's
Behavioral Science Unit studying mass and serial killers. Part of this
assignment involved going into prisons and conducting detailed
interviews with homicide offenders. What was Agent Rodriquez
investigating at this point?
A. Offender satisfaction ratings
B. Similarities of homicide offenders
C. Levels of guilt and shame
D. Progress towards rehabilitation Ans✓✓✓ B. Similarities of homicide
offenders
behavioral confirmation Ans✓✓✓ The detective's presumption of guilt
can lead to behavioral confirmation. The detective will seek out
, information that verifies that belief, overlook conflicting data, and
behave in a manner that conforms to the belief. In turn, the suspect
behaves in ways that support that belief.
Behavioral scientists and police use ________ to narrow criminal
investigations to suspects who possess certain behavioral and
personality features that were revealed by the way the crime was
committed.
A. criminal profiling
B. brain scans
C. polygraph measures
D. K9 units Ans✓✓✓ A. criminal profiling
Biological bases of psychopathy Ans✓✓✓ -May demonstrate reduced
fear in anticipation of unpleasant or painful stimuli
-Do not exhibit global neuropsychological deficits
-Exhibit functional brain deficits
*Cerebral cortexes are less active
*Fail to use certain parts while processing
emotional stimuli
Biological theories of crime
verified answers
"Profiling Hypothesis" Ans✓✓✓ -Brutal facial injuries point to killers
who knew their victims.
-Murders committed with whatever weapon happens to be available
are more impulsive than murders committed with a gun and may reveal
a killer who lives fairly near the victim.
-Murders committed early in the morning seldom involve alcohol or
drugs.
According to self-report studies conducted by Hartwig (2011), people
tell lies ________.
A. once in a blue moon
B. fairly often
C on occasion
D. very rarely Ans✓✓✓ B. fairly often
Additional PCL-R items Ans✓✓✓ -Promiscuous sexual
behaviorPromiscuous sexual behavior
-Many short-term marital Many short-term marital relationships
-Criminal versatility
,APD vs. Psychopathy Ans✓✓✓ behavioral vs. interpersonal/affective
apprehension Ans✓✓✓ Arrest of a suspect allows the profiler to
evaluate the validity of their predictions.
Asking Unanticipated Questions
- helps with rehearsal
- results Ans✓✓✓ Another approach to detecting deception exploits
the fact the liars prepare themselves for anticipated questions by
rehearsing.
-Rehearsal only works when liars correctly anticipate the questions they
will be asked. When observers viewed responses to unanticipated
questions, they correctly classified 80% of the truth-tellers and liars
(could not distinguish truth-tellers from liars at above chance levels
when viewing answers to anticipated questions).
Becoming an FBI profiler Ans✓✓✓ -Following graduation from the
Academy, you would be placed in a specific FBI field office, so you must
be willing to relocate.
-Field experience as an FBI agent is important before applying to the
Behavioral Analysis Unit or other FBI unit that provide profiling services.
,-Work as an FBI profiler includes analysis, interviewing, writing, public
speaking, and assessing individual and group behavior.
Becoming an FBI profiler Ans✓✓✓ Consider the advice offered by Mary
Ellen O'Toole, PhD, a retired FBI agent and criminal profiler:-Visit the
website (www.fbi.gov) and review the current information on job
requirements for becoming an FBI agent.
-To become an agent, you would need, at minimum, a four-year college
degree (any major).
Before it disbanded in 2014, Agent Rodriguez used to work for the FBI's
Behavioral Science Unit studying mass and serial killers. Part of this
assignment involved going into prisons and conducting detailed
interviews with homicide offenders. What was Agent Rodriquez
investigating at this point?
A. Offender satisfaction ratings
B. Similarities of homicide offenders
C. Levels of guilt and shame
D. Progress towards rehabilitation Ans✓✓✓ B. Similarities of homicide
offenders
behavioral confirmation Ans✓✓✓ The detective's presumption of guilt
can lead to behavioral confirmation. The detective will seek out
, information that verifies that belief, overlook conflicting data, and
behave in a manner that conforms to the belief. In turn, the suspect
behaves in ways that support that belief.
Behavioral scientists and police use ________ to narrow criminal
investigations to suspects who possess certain behavioral and
personality features that were revealed by the way the crime was
committed.
A. criminal profiling
B. brain scans
C. polygraph measures
D. K9 units Ans✓✓✓ A. criminal profiling
Biological bases of psychopathy Ans✓✓✓ -May demonstrate reduced
fear in anticipation of unpleasant or painful stimuli
-Do not exhibit global neuropsychological deficits
-Exhibit functional brain deficits
*Cerebral cortexes are less active
*Fail to use certain parts while processing
emotional stimuli
Biological theories of crime
