Forensic Psychology Exam 1 questions with
verified answers
1893 Ans✓✓✓ First psychological experiment on the psychology of
testimony is conducted by J. Cattell at Columbia University
1906 Ans✓✓✓ Publication of little known work, psychology applied to
legal evidence andother constructions of law, by George Frederick
Arnold
1908 Ans✓✓✓ Publication of Hugo Münstenberg's on the witness
stand, arguably one of the first professional book of forensic
psychology. Some scholars considered the author, a Harvard professor
of psychology, to be the father of forensic psychology.
1909 Ans✓✓✓ Clinic for juvenile offenders established by psychologist
Grace Fernald and psychiatrist William Healy
1911 Ans✓✓✓ J. Varendonck becomes one of the earliest psychologist
to testify in a criminal trial, held in Belgium
1913 Ans✓✓✓ First Time that psychological services are offered within
a US correctiinal facility (womens reformatory in NY) , by osychologist
Eleanor Rowland
,1917 Ans✓✓✓ Louis Turman becomes first american psychologist to
use psychological tests in the screening of law enforcement personnel
1917 Ans✓✓✓ Psychologist-lawyer william marston developed the
first "polygraph". Shortly thereafter, his expert testimony on the
polygraph is rejected by a federal court because the polygraph, as then
developed, lacked general acceptance by the scientific community
1918 Ans✓✓✓ First inmate classificstion system developed by
psychologists. New jersey.
1921 Ans✓✓✓ First time an american psychologist testifies in a court
room as an expert witness
1922 Ans✓✓✓ William Marston becomes first to receive a faculty
appointment in forensic psychology as a "professor of legal psychology"
at American University
1929 Ans✓✓✓ Psychologist Donald Slesinger is appointed associate
professor at Yale Law School, qualifying him as the first psychologist
granted faculty status in an American Law School
1931 Ans✓✓✓ Howard Burtt's Legal Psychology is published — first
textbook in the forensic area writtwn by a psychologist
, 1954 Ans✓✓✓ U. S. Supreme court cites social science research in
board of education
1968 Ans✓✓✓ Martin Reiser, the first prominent full-time police
psychologist in the United States, is hired by the LAPD
1972 Ans✓✓✓ Under the guidance and leadership of the AACP,
correctional psychology becomes recognized as a career.
1973 Ans✓✓✓ The first successful interdisciplinary psychology and law
program is developed at the University of Nebraska— Lincoln
1978 Ans✓✓✓ The American Board of Forensic Psychology provides
board cerification in forensic psychology
2001 Ans✓✓✓ The APA recognizes Forensic Psych as a specialty
2013 Ans✓✓✓ PPSP is recognized by the APA as a specialty
5 types of forensic psych Ans✓✓✓ 1. PPSP
2. Legal Psychology
3. Crime and Delinquency
4. Victimology
verified answers
1893 Ans✓✓✓ First psychological experiment on the psychology of
testimony is conducted by J. Cattell at Columbia University
1906 Ans✓✓✓ Publication of little known work, psychology applied to
legal evidence andother constructions of law, by George Frederick
Arnold
1908 Ans✓✓✓ Publication of Hugo Münstenberg's on the witness
stand, arguably one of the first professional book of forensic
psychology. Some scholars considered the author, a Harvard professor
of psychology, to be the father of forensic psychology.
1909 Ans✓✓✓ Clinic for juvenile offenders established by psychologist
Grace Fernald and psychiatrist William Healy
1911 Ans✓✓✓ J. Varendonck becomes one of the earliest psychologist
to testify in a criminal trial, held in Belgium
1913 Ans✓✓✓ First Time that psychological services are offered within
a US correctiinal facility (womens reformatory in NY) , by osychologist
Eleanor Rowland
,1917 Ans✓✓✓ Louis Turman becomes first american psychologist to
use psychological tests in the screening of law enforcement personnel
1917 Ans✓✓✓ Psychologist-lawyer william marston developed the
first "polygraph". Shortly thereafter, his expert testimony on the
polygraph is rejected by a federal court because the polygraph, as then
developed, lacked general acceptance by the scientific community
1918 Ans✓✓✓ First inmate classificstion system developed by
psychologists. New jersey.
1921 Ans✓✓✓ First time an american psychologist testifies in a court
room as an expert witness
1922 Ans✓✓✓ William Marston becomes first to receive a faculty
appointment in forensic psychology as a "professor of legal psychology"
at American University
1929 Ans✓✓✓ Psychologist Donald Slesinger is appointed associate
professor at Yale Law School, qualifying him as the first psychologist
granted faculty status in an American Law School
1931 Ans✓✓✓ Howard Burtt's Legal Psychology is published — first
textbook in the forensic area writtwn by a psychologist
, 1954 Ans✓✓✓ U. S. Supreme court cites social science research in
board of education
1968 Ans✓✓✓ Martin Reiser, the first prominent full-time police
psychologist in the United States, is hired by the LAPD
1972 Ans✓✓✓ Under the guidance and leadership of the AACP,
correctional psychology becomes recognized as a career.
1973 Ans✓✓✓ The first successful interdisciplinary psychology and law
program is developed at the University of Nebraska— Lincoln
1978 Ans✓✓✓ The American Board of Forensic Psychology provides
board cerification in forensic psychology
2001 Ans✓✓✓ The APA recognizes Forensic Psych as a specialty
2013 Ans✓✓✓ PPSP is recognized by the APA as a specialty
5 types of forensic psych Ans✓✓✓ 1. PPSP
2. Legal Psychology
3. Crime and Delinquency
4. Victimology
