Chapter 1: Introduction to Forensic Psychology
questions with verified answers
2001 Ans✓✓✓ The APA recognizes forensic psychology as a specialty.
2008 Ans✓✓✓ The APA re-certifies forensic psychology as a specialty.
2013 definition of forensic psychology Ans✓✓✓ Described as
"professional practice by any psychologist working within any sub-
discipline of psychology (i.e. clinical, developmental, social, cognitive)
when applying the scientific, technical, or specialized knowledge of
psychology to the law to assist in addressing legal, contractual and
administrative matters".
American Psychological Association (APA) Ans✓✓✓ the largest
professional association for psychologists in the world with 134,000
members as of 2012.
Association for Psychiatric Services Ans✓✓✓ 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.
Availability Heuristic Ans✓✓✓ 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.
Ex.: School shootings: news and media highlight certain events and
dramatize their significance making the events seem to be more
widespread than they actually are.
Board Certification in Forensic Psychology Ans✓✓✓ In 1978, the
American Board of Forensic Psychology provides board certification in
forensic psychology.
Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) Ans✓✓✓ US Supreme Court cites
social science research, including that of psychologists Kenneth and
Mamie Clark, in its landmark ruling.
Computer Evidence Recovery Ans✓✓✓ Also called forensic data
recovery, involves e-mail and Internet analysis, along with sophisticated
hard drive and diskette recovery techniques of orphaned, fragmented,
and erased data.
Contrast forensic psychology with other sciences. Ans✓✓✓ Other
forensic sciences include forensic: engineering, linguistics,
oceanography, medicine, computer investigation, social work, nursing,
pathology, anthropology and archaeology. Some of the other sciences
require more expertise and extensive knowledge of biology, chemistry,
physics, or other sciences including computer technology and can work
in forensic labs. These sciences don't primarily employ the use of
psychological principles.
questions with verified answers
2001 Ans✓✓✓ The APA recognizes forensic psychology as a specialty.
2008 Ans✓✓✓ The APA re-certifies forensic psychology as a specialty.
2013 definition of forensic psychology Ans✓✓✓ Described as
"professional practice by any psychologist working within any sub-
discipline of psychology (i.e. clinical, developmental, social, cognitive)
when applying the scientific, technical, or specialized knowledge of
psychology to the law to assist in addressing legal, contractual and
administrative matters".
American Psychological Association (APA) Ans✓✓✓ the largest
professional association for psychologists in the world with 134,000
members as of 2012.
Association for Psychiatric Services Ans✓✓✓ 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.
Availability Heuristic Ans✓✓✓ 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.
Ex.: School shootings: news and media highlight certain events and
dramatize their significance making the events seem to be more
widespread than they actually are.
Board Certification in Forensic Psychology Ans✓✓✓ In 1978, the
American Board of Forensic Psychology provides board certification in
forensic psychology.
Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) Ans✓✓✓ US Supreme Court cites
social science research, including that of psychologists Kenneth and
Mamie Clark, in its landmark ruling.
Computer Evidence Recovery Ans✓✓✓ Also called forensic data
recovery, involves e-mail and Internet analysis, along with sophisticated
hard drive and diskette recovery techniques of orphaned, fragmented,
and erased data.
Contrast forensic psychology with other sciences. Ans✓✓✓ Other
forensic sciences include forensic: engineering, linguistics,
oceanography, medicine, computer investigation, social work, nursing,
pathology, anthropology and archaeology. Some of the other sciences
require more expertise and extensive knowledge of biology, chemistry,
physics, or other sciences including computer technology and can work
in forensic labs. These sciences don't primarily employ the use of
psychological principles.
