USYD PSYC1001: Forensic Psychology questions with
verified answers
"Hugo von Munsterberg, ""father"" of forensic psychology was very
critical of lawyers that failed to recognise the value of psychology, as a
result:" Ans✓✓✓ Put back development of forensic psychology for
some decades
Alfred Binet (1900) showed children objects (e.g. Button glued to poster
board) and then asked them questions about the object and found:
Ans✓✓✓ Highly misleading questions resulted in poor accuracy
Does a minority that favours acquittal stand a better chance than one
that favours conviction? Ans✓✓✓ Yes
Eyewitness is typicall assessed in what two ways? Ans✓✓✓ Recall and
recognition
Eyewitnesses who can describe trivial details of a crime scene are:
Ans✓✓✓ Often less likely to correctly identify the perpetrator
Facial Mapping techniques are not standardised and non consistently
applied by practitioners. What are some processes? Ans✓✓✓ Taking
measurements, noting characteristics, or other techniques.
,For confessions to be admitted into court they must be: Ans✓✓✓
Voluntary, given by a competent person, and obtained from not overtly
coercive tactics
How are denials handled (Step 3) Ans✓✓✓ Stop the suspect's
repetition or elaboration of denials, as the more frequently a suspect
repeats a lie, the harder it is to obtain a confession.
How are disorganised crime perpetrators described as in the FBI
approach to inductive reasoning? Ans✓✓✓ Average IQ, immature,
poor work history, sexually incompetent, lives alone, lives near crime
scene, little interest in media, little change in lifestyle after murder.
How are objections overcome (Step 4) Ans✓✓✓ By showing
understanding and returning to the conversation theme.
How are organised crime perpetrators described as in the FBI approach
to inductive reasoning? Ans✓✓✓ Intelligent, socially competent,
skilled job, sexually competent, lives with partner, follows details of
crime in news, may move following crime.
How can expectations affect perception: Ans✓✓✓ Because we
construct memories partly on what we perceived at the time and partly
on our expectations, beliefs and current knowledge.
, How can psychological themes (in Step 2) developed to justify the crime
differ depending on suspect's emotional state? Ans✓✓✓ Emotional
suspect = minimisation, non-emotional suspect = maximisation
How do we know ID evidence is often inaccurate? Ans✓✓✓ -Surveyed
justice officials -DNA Exoneration cases -Empirical studies of ID
performance
How is an opportunity to confess created (Step 7) Ans✓✓✓ Suspects
are given an opportunity to provide an explanation/excuse for crime.
How is the suspect's attention retained? (Step 5) Ans✓✓✓ Interrogator
retains the suspect's attention by moving physically closer to the
suspect, leaning in towards them and maintaining eye contact.
How is the suspect's mood handled? (Step 6) Ans✓✓✓ Sympathy and
remorseful mood from interrogator, and getting the suspect to focus on
possible reasons for committing the crime.
How many respondents indicated that profiles led to the ID of the
offender? Ans✓✓✓ 2.6%
How polygraphs used in AU, UK and most of EU? Ans✓✓✓ Some
contexts including security services but not part of formal legal
processes.
verified answers
"Hugo von Munsterberg, ""father"" of forensic psychology was very
critical of lawyers that failed to recognise the value of psychology, as a
result:" Ans✓✓✓ Put back development of forensic psychology for
some decades
Alfred Binet (1900) showed children objects (e.g. Button glued to poster
board) and then asked them questions about the object and found:
Ans✓✓✓ Highly misleading questions resulted in poor accuracy
Does a minority that favours acquittal stand a better chance than one
that favours conviction? Ans✓✓✓ Yes
Eyewitness is typicall assessed in what two ways? Ans✓✓✓ Recall and
recognition
Eyewitnesses who can describe trivial details of a crime scene are:
Ans✓✓✓ Often less likely to correctly identify the perpetrator
Facial Mapping techniques are not standardised and non consistently
applied by practitioners. What are some processes? Ans✓✓✓ Taking
measurements, noting characteristics, or other techniques.
,For confessions to be admitted into court they must be: Ans✓✓✓
Voluntary, given by a competent person, and obtained from not overtly
coercive tactics
How are denials handled (Step 3) Ans✓✓✓ Stop the suspect's
repetition or elaboration of denials, as the more frequently a suspect
repeats a lie, the harder it is to obtain a confession.
How are disorganised crime perpetrators described as in the FBI
approach to inductive reasoning? Ans✓✓✓ Average IQ, immature,
poor work history, sexually incompetent, lives alone, lives near crime
scene, little interest in media, little change in lifestyle after murder.
How are objections overcome (Step 4) Ans✓✓✓ By showing
understanding and returning to the conversation theme.
How are organised crime perpetrators described as in the FBI approach
to inductive reasoning? Ans✓✓✓ Intelligent, socially competent,
skilled job, sexually competent, lives with partner, follows details of
crime in news, may move following crime.
How can expectations affect perception: Ans✓✓✓ Because we
construct memories partly on what we perceived at the time and partly
on our expectations, beliefs and current knowledge.
, How can psychological themes (in Step 2) developed to justify the crime
differ depending on suspect's emotional state? Ans✓✓✓ Emotional
suspect = minimisation, non-emotional suspect = maximisation
How do we know ID evidence is often inaccurate? Ans✓✓✓ -Surveyed
justice officials -DNA Exoneration cases -Empirical studies of ID
performance
How is an opportunity to confess created (Step 7) Ans✓✓✓ Suspects
are given an opportunity to provide an explanation/excuse for crime.
How is the suspect's attention retained? (Step 5) Ans✓✓✓ Interrogator
retains the suspect's attention by moving physically closer to the
suspect, leaning in towards them and maintaining eye contact.
How is the suspect's mood handled? (Step 6) Ans✓✓✓ Sympathy and
remorseful mood from interrogator, and getting the suspect to focus on
possible reasons for committing the crime.
How many respondents indicated that profiles led to the ID of the
offender? Ans✓✓✓ 2.6%
How polygraphs used in AU, UK and most of EU? Ans✓✓✓ Some
contexts including security services but not part of formal legal
processes.
