PSY 3260: Forensic Psychology (Exam 4) Possible Questions And Answers 100% Accurately Solved.

Actuarial Prediction - correct answer Based on statistical formula (Still requires some clinical judgment, e.g., in scoring) (Fares better than clinical prediction in most instances; however, clinical prediction is still used in court because professional are considered to have expertise). Anamnestic Prediction - correct answer Based on an analysis of how a particular person has acted in the past in similar situations. (Sometimes called "structured clinical judgment") Base Rate - correct answer The basic rate at which an event occurs over time; the basic probability of an event. Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI) - correct answer measure specific to child abuse that has been found to have acceptable reliability and validity data Clinical Prediction - correct answer Based on clinical experience and judgment - most intuitive, anecdotal, and subjective type. (Is used most often for decisions on death penalty sentences and parole and probation of sex offenders) (Fares better than clinical prediction in most instances; however, clinical prediction is still used in court because professional are considered to have expertise). HCR-20 - correct answer Historical, clinical, and risk management variables for psychiatric patients. Minnesota Sex Offender Screening Tool Revised (MnSOST-R) - correct answer Minnesota Sex Offender Screening Tool Revised - 16 items that rely on historical and institutional information. Rapid Risk Assessment of Sexual Recidivism (RRASOR) - correct answer Rapid Risk Assessment of Sexual Recidivism - First sexual offending measure, focused only on static variables. Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide (SORAG) - correct answer Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide - has both static and dynamic factors. Static-99 - correct answer10 items, has moderate predictive accuracy. Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG) - correct answer Violent Risk Appraisal Guide - Intended to predict violent recidivism. PCL-R - correct answer Psychopathy Checklist Revised - This is the best predictor of violence recidivism in presence of psychopathology. Components of Risk - correct answer Judgments about the nature of hazards, the likelihood of occurrence, the frequency of occurrence, the seriousness of the consequence, and the imminence of occurrence. Definition of Risk Assessment - correct answer The process of conceptualizing various hazards in order to make judgments about their likelihood and the need for various preventative measures. Barefoot - correct answer This case in the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the death penalty sentence in Texas. Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California - correct answer Cae involving a male graduate student from India studying engineering. He was also receiving psychotherapy from the university health center. He expressed a desire to kill, Tanya Taras off, a girl who rejected his advances, the police interviewed him and decided that he was not dangerous. Two months later, he stabbed Tanya to death in her home. Goal of prediction of sexual offending - correct answer To assess an individual's likelihood of committing another sexual offense and preventing future victims. Battered Woman Syndrome - correct answer(Not a DSM label) - Introduced in the courts in 1979, courts were reluctant to admit such testimony, the syndrome has since gained wide acceptance, but questions about the validity have been raised by professionals within the social sciences. Syndrome - correct answer A grouping of signs and symptoms, based on their frequent co-occurrence, that may suggest a common underlying pathogenesis, course, familial pattern, or treatment selection. Battered Woman Syndrome - Definition - correct answer A woman's presumed reactions to a pattern of continual physical and psychological abuse inflicted on her by her mate. Learned Helplessness - correct answer The behavior of giving up or not responding to punishment, exhibited by people or animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they have no control Battered Woman Syndrome Cont. - correct answer Battered woman syndrome is not a defense (It is a label). two options for defense are (1) self-defense or (2) insanity. Symptoms of Rape Trauma Syndrome - correct answer Three symptoms were consistently found with rape trauma syndrome, depression, fear, and anxiety - very close to PTSD symptoms. Admission of guilt by the defendant - correct answer Most damaging evidence against a defendant in a criminal trial Miranda Warning - correct answer When a suspect is placed under arrest or is given the impression that he or she is not free to leave, police officers are expected to read the Miranda warning. Created by Ernesto Miranda, an indigent defendant. voluntary false confessions - correct answer Offered willingly, free from external pressures from investigators coerced-compliant false confessions - correct answer Confessions provided by suspects who are aware of their innocence, but are unable to withstand the pressure of the interrogation. coerced-internalized false confessions - correct answer with prolonged interrogations and pressure, some innocent suspects gradually begin to adopt the fact pattern presented by interrogating officers, they do so despite lack of memory regarding the details of the offense. True - correct answer Trial consultants are not always psychologists, and less than 1/3 have a doctoral degree. Voir Dire - correct answer When prospective jurors are required "to speak the truth"