FBS 153 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Forensic - Answers - relating to the application of scientific knowledge to legal
questions
Psycologist - Answers - studies how people think, feel, and behave. Majority don't
have M.D. to prescribe medication
psychiatrist - Answers - A medical doctor who has specialized in the diagnosis and
treatment of psychological disorders
DSM-5 - Answers - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Doesn't
include psychopathy
clinical psychologist - Answers - a psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with
emotional disturbances
Forensic psycologist - Answers - Applies profession to legal system
Psychopathy - Answers - Study of pathology (disorder) of the psyche. Study of mental
disorders
Moniker - Answers - Nickname used by police, media, or even perpetrators: "acid-lady"
victim impact statement - Answers - An in-court statement made by the victim or by
survivors to sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision
dicotomy - Answers - a division into two parts. Us vs Them... there is not just one or
the other, there is overlap
Why is a dichotomy bad? - Answers - We create artificial boundaries and create
categories
We make dichotomous variables out of... - Answers - Continuous variables
We tend to _____ differences in the same category and _____ differences in separate
categories - Answers - Underestimate, overestimate
According to Elliott Leyton, "senseless acts" are - Answers - Never senseless,
behaviors are communications
How many countries have an active death penalty? - Answers - 14 out of 195
Eyewitness identifications - Answers - Very persuasive to jurors
, Innocence project - Answers - -non-profit legal organization that exonerates wrongly
convicted people due to eyewitness error, false conviction, and official misconduct
-69 organizations worldwide
Why would someone confess to a crime they did not commit? - Answers - -Mental
disorder, believe they did it
-police misconduct
Main purpose of criminal trials - Answers - To determine culpability
Main goal of criminal trials - Answers - Ensure fairness and enact due process
Does the US have a criminal justice system? - Answers - -not only 1
-each state different, own penal code
-53 separate legal jurisdictions
Homocide - Answers - the killing of one person by another
-can be legal/justifiable, or not
Murder - Answers - Type of illegal homocide
-always intentional
First degree murder - Answers - Deliberate, premeditated
second degree murder - Answers - Deliberate, not premeditated
Manslaughter - Answers - Type of illegal homocide
-not deliberated, not premeditated
Multiple murder - Answers - Many: 3+ victims
Includes: serial, mass, and spree
serial murder - Answers - Murder of 3+ people by another person over an extended
period of time for personal gratification
Modus Operandi (MO) - Answers - May include victim selection, signature, ruses
Personal weapons - Answers - Most hands on, strangulation is most personal
malinger - Answers - Fake symptoms of mental disorder
Ruse - Answers - Trick/ploy used to manipulate potential victim to comfort zone of
offender
Brovado - Answers - a false show of bravery, confidence
"I'm invincible"... "you can't catch me"
Forensic - Answers - relating to the application of scientific knowledge to legal
questions
Psycologist - Answers - studies how people think, feel, and behave. Majority don't
have M.D. to prescribe medication
psychiatrist - Answers - A medical doctor who has specialized in the diagnosis and
treatment of psychological disorders
DSM-5 - Answers - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Doesn't
include psychopathy
clinical psychologist - Answers - a psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with
emotional disturbances
Forensic psycologist - Answers - Applies profession to legal system
Psychopathy - Answers - Study of pathology (disorder) of the psyche. Study of mental
disorders
Moniker - Answers - Nickname used by police, media, or even perpetrators: "acid-lady"
victim impact statement - Answers - An in-court statement made by the victim or by
survivors to sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision
dicotomy - Answers - a division into two parts. Us vs Them... there is not just one or
the other, there is overlap
Why is a dichotomy bad? - Answers - We create artificial boundaries and create
categories
We make dichotomous variables out of... - Answers - Continuous variables
We tend to _____ differences in the same category and _____ differences in separate
categories - Answers - Underestimate, overestimate
According to Elliott Leyton, "senseless acts" are - Answers - Never senseless,
behaviors are communications
How many countries have an active death penalty? - Answers - 14 out of 195
Eyewitness identifications - Answers - Very persuasive to jurors
, Innocence project - Answers - -non-profit legal organization that exonerates wrongly
convicted people due to eyewitness error, false conviction, and official misconduct
-69 organizations worldwide
Why would someone confess to a crime they did not commit? - Answers - -Mental
disorder, believe they did it
-police misconduct
Main purpose of criminal trials - Answers - To determine culpability
Main goal of criminal trials - Answers - Ensure fairness and enact due process
Does the US have a criminal justice system? - Answers - -not only 1
-each state different, own penal code
-53 separate legal jurisdictions
Homocide - Answers - the killing of one person by another
-can be legal/justifiable, or not
Murder - Answers - Type of illegal homocide
-always intentional
First degree murder - Answers - Deliberate, premeditated
second degree murder - Answers - Deliberate, not premeditated
Manslaughter - Answers - Type of illegal homocide
-not deliberated, not premeditated
Multiple murder - Answers - Many: 3+ victims
Includes: serial, mass, and spree
serial murder - Answers - Murder of 3+ people by another person over an extended
period of time for personal gratification
Modus Operandi (MO) - Answers - May include victim selection, signature, ruses
Personal weapons - Answers - Most hands on, strangulation is most personal
malinger - Answers - Fake symptoms of mental disorder
Ruse - Answers - Trick/ploy used to manipulate potential victim to comfort zone of
offender
Brovado - Answers - a false show of bravery, confidence
"I'm invincible"... "you can't catch me"
