Forensic Psych Ch 1 & 2 questions with verified
answers
"Psychological assessment is considered a
________________________________." Ans✓✓✓ core competency
for psychologists specializing in police and public safety
1893: Cattell's psychological experiment Ans✓✓✓ psychological
experiment on eyewitness testimony in a psychology class at Columbia
University. Cattell merely asked his students questions such as what the
weather was like exactly a week before. Surprised at the wide variation
in responses—often given with absolute certainty, even though they
were wrong—Cattell decided to explore in greater depth and with more
sophistication both memory and the field of eyewitness identification.
Numerous psychologists subsequently undertook similar research.
Some, for example, staged exercises wherein an "intruder" would enter
the classroom, "confront" the professor, and leave. Students would
then be asked to describe the intruder and the events that followed. To
this day, both memory and eyewitness research remain of high interest
to many forensic psychologists, yielding a rich store of information.
1903: Testimony in legal proceedings Ans✓✓✓ Louis William Stern of
Germany establishes a periodical dealing with the psychology of
testimony
1908—Publication of Hugo Münsterberg's Ans✓✓✓ On the Witness
Stand, arguably one of the first professional books on forensic
,psychology. Some scholars consider the author, a Harvard professor of
psychology, to be the father of forensic psychology.
1909: Treatment services to juvenile correctional facilities Ans✓✓✓
Clinic for juvenile offenders established by psychologist Grace M.
Fernald and psychiatrist William Healy.
1917: First polygraph developed Ans✓✓✓ Psychologist-lawyer William
Marston develops the first "polygraph." Shortly thereafter, his expert
testimony on the polygraph is rejected by a federal court (Frye v.
United States, 1923) because the polygraph, as then developed, lacked
general acceptance by the scientific community.
1917: Screening of law enforcementpersonnel. Ans✓✓✓ Louis Terman
becomes the first American psychologist to use psychological tests in
the screening of law enforcement personnel.
1960s and 1970s: testifying in courts: Ans✓✓✓ - Brown v. Board of
Education
- Legal and Criminal Psychology
- Jenkins v. United States
2 types of Forensic labratories Ans✓✓✓ 1. Public
2. Private
,A common strategy employed in the police stress literature is to divide
the occupational stressors identified by police officers into four major
categories: Ans✓✓✓ (1) organizational
(2) task related
(3) external
(4) personal.
A majority of police agencies and police academies still require a
_________________. Ans✓✓✓ written or aptitude test
A more sophisticated understanding of cross-cultural communication
will help police formulate culturally sensitive negotiation strategies and
enhance their appreciation of why perpetrators
____________________. Ans✓✓✓ react the way they do
A test is a ________________. Ans✓✓✓ standardized set of questions
or other items designed to evaluate knowledge or skills.
Across the country it is the common perception that policing is a
______________________, requiring physical strength and a display of
physical prowess for many of the tasks. Ans✓✓✓ male-oriented
profession
, American Board of Forensic Psychology Ans✓✓✓ 1947- The American
Board of forensic Psychology is established
1978—The American Board of Forensic Psychology provides board
certification in forensic psychology.
American Psychological Association (APA) Ans✓✓✓ World's largest
association of psychologists with around 152,000 members including
scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants and students
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Ans✓✓✓ A federal law that
guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in state
and local government services, public accommodations, employment,
transportation, and telecommunications.
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) 2008
Ans✓✓✓ protects individuals with disabilities from discrimination in
the workplace, as well as school and other settings.
Association for Psychological Science (APS) Ans✓✓✓ The professional
psychological organization formed in 1988 when an academic-scientific
contingent broke off from the APA. Goals of the APS include advancing
the discipline of psychology, preserving its scientific base, and
promoting public understanding of the field and its applications.
answers
"Psychological assessment is considered a
________________________________." Ans✓✓✓ core competency
for psychologists specializing in police and public safety
1893: Cattell's psychological experiment Ans✓✓✓ psychological
experiment on eyewitness testimony in a psychology class at Columbia
University. Cattell merely asked his students questions such as what the
weather was like exactly a week before. Surprised at the wide variation
in responses—often given with absolute certainty, even though they
were wrong—Cattell decided to explore in greater depth and with more
sophistication both memory and the field of eyewitness identification.
Numerous psychologists subsequently undertook similar research.
Some, for example, staged exercises wherein an "intruder" would enter
the classroom, "confront" the professor, and leave. Students would
then be asked to describe the intruder and the events that followed. To
this day, both memory and eyewitness research remain of high interest
to many forensic psychologists, yielding a rich store of information.
1903: Testimony in legal proceedings Ans✓✓✓ Louis William Stern of
Germany establishes a periodical dealing with the psychology of
testimony
1908—Publication of Hugo Münsterberg's Ans✓✓✓ On the Witness
Stand, arguably one of the first professional books on forensic
,psychology. Some scholars consider the author, a Harvard professor of
psychology, to be the father of forensic psychology.
1909: Treatment services to juvenile correctional facilities Ans✓✓✓
Clinic for juvenile offenders established by psychologist Grace M.
Fernald and psychiatrist William Healy.
1917: First polygraph developed Ans✓✓✓ Psychologist-lawyer William
Marston develops the first "polygraph." Shortly thereafter, his expert
testimony on the polygraph is rejected by a federal court (Frye v.
United States, 1923) because the polygraph, as then developed, lacked
general acceptance by the scientific community.
1917: Screening of law enforcementpersonnel. Ans✓✓✓ Louis Terman
becomes the first American psychologist to use psychological tests in
the screening of law enforcement personnel.
1960s and 1970s: testifying in courts: Ans✓✓✓ - Brown v. Board of
Education
- Legal and Criminal Psychology
- Jenkins v. United States
2 types of Forensic labratories Ans✓✓✓ 1. Public
2. Private
,A common strategy employed in the police stress literature is to divide
the occupational stressors identified by police officers into four major
categories: Ans✓✓✓ (1) organizational
(2) task related
(3) external
(4) personal.
A majority of police agencies and police academies still require a
_________________. Ans✓✓✓ written or aptitude test
A more sophisticated understanding of cross-cultural communication
will help police formulate culturally sensitive negotiation strategies and
enhance their appreciation of why perpetrators
____________________. Ans✓✓✓ react the way they do
A test is a ________________. Ans✓✓✓ standardized set of questions
or other items designed to evaluate knowledge or skills.
Across the country it is the common perception that policing is a
______________________, requiring physical strength and a display of
physical prowess for many of the tasks. Ans✓✓✓ male-oriented
profession
, American Board of Forensic Psychology Ans✓✓✓ 1947- The American
Board of forensic Psychology is established
1978—The American Board of Forensic Psychology provides board
certification in forensic psychology.
American Psychological Association (APA) Ans✓✓✓ World's largest
association of psychologists with around 152,000 members including
scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants and students
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Ans✓✓✓ A federal law that
guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in state
and local government services, public accommodations, employment,
transportation, and telecommunications.
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) 2008
Ans✓✓✓ protects individuals with disabilities from discrimination in
the workplace, as well as school and other settings.
Association for Psychological Science (APS) Ans✓✓✓ The professional
psychological organization formed in 1988 when an academic-scientific
contingent broke off from the APA. Goals of the APS include advancing
the discipline of psychology, preserving its scientific base, and
promoting public understanding of the field and its applications.
