Forensic Psychology Test #1 With Solutions
What is forensic psychology? - Answerany application of psychological research, methods, theory, and
practice to a task faced by the legal system
What is the research of human behavior related to? - Answerthe legal process (eyewitness memory and
testimony, jury decision making, criminal behavior)
What is the role of professional practice of psychology within the legal system? - Answerconsultation
How does developmental psychology contribute to forensics? - Answercustody arrangements following
divorce; trying children as adults
How does social psychology contribute to forensics? - Answerinterrogators' use of coercion and
persuasion; trying children as adults
How does clinical psychology contribute to forensics? - Answermental illness and competence to stand
trial; prediction of future violence among mentally ill
How does cognitive psychology contribute to forensics? - Answeraccuracy of eyewitness testimony;
jurors' understanding of legal instructions
What were the three primary training areas in Kirk Heilbrun's conceptualization? - Answerexperimental
psychology, clinical psychology, legal
What were the two approaches in Kirk Heilbrun's conceptualization? - Answerresearch/scholarship;
applied
Who is the father of modern criminology? - AnswerCesare Lombroso
What did Cesare Lombroso do? - Answersought to understand the causes of crime focusing on biological
influences
, What did William Healy do? - Answerphysician who studied the causes of juvenile delinquency after the
establishment of the 1st juvenile courts
How did Sigmund Freud contribute to forensic psychology? - Answercautioned Austrian judges that their
decisions were influenced by unconscious processes; claimed that insights from his theory could be used
to understand criminal behavior and improve the legal system
What did Hugo Munsterberg believe? - Answerexperimental psychology has reached a stage at which it
seems natural and sound to give attention to its possible service for the practical needs of life
Who is the founder of forensic psychology? - AnswerHugo Munsterberg
What were Munsterberg's 3 crucial activities? - Answerdemonstrated the fallibility of memory; published
On the Witness Stand; offered testimony as an expert witness in highly publicized trials
What did Hugo Munsterberg seek to do? - Answerraise the position of the psychological profession to
one of importance in public life; was sometimes insulting to those in the legal profession
What did Hermann Ebbinghaus do? - Answerdemonstrated the rapid rate of early memory loss
What did Alfred Benet do? - Answerstudied children's competence as eyewitness
What did Louis Stern do? - Answerpublished eyewitness research in Germany; testified as an expert on
eyewitness identification
What did Guy Whipple do? - Answerconducted experiments relating testimony and evidence to
perception and memory
Why was there little research related to the legal system from WWII until the late 1970s? -
AnswerMunsterberg had generated such a negative response; legal community was not open to the
contributions of psychologists
What is forensic psychology? - Answerany application of psychological research, methods, theory, and
practice to a task faced by the legal system
What is the research of human behavior related to? - Answerthe legal process (eyewitness memory and
testimony, jury decision making, criminal behavior)
What is the role of professional practice of psychology within the legal system? - Answerconsultation
How does developmental psychology contribute to forensics? - Answercustody arrangements following
divorce; trying children as adults
How does social psychology contribute to forensics? - Answerinterrogators' use of coercion and
persuasion; trying children as adults
How does clinical psychology contribute to forensics? - Answermental illness and competence to stand
trial; prediction of future violence among mentally ill
How does cognitive psychology contribute to forensics? - Answeraccuracy of eyewitness testimony;
jurors' understanding of legal instructions
What were the three primary training areas in Kirk Heilbrun's conceptualization? - Answerexperimental
psychology, clinical psychology, legal
What were the two approaches in Kirk Heilbrun's conceptualization? - Answerresearch/scholarship;
applied
Who is the father of modern criminology? - AnswerCesare Lombroso
What did Cesare Lombroso do? - Answersought to understand the causes of crime focusing on biological
influences
, What did William Healy do? - Answerphysician who studied the causes of juvenile delinquency after the
establishment of the 1st juvenile courts
How did Sigmund Freud contribute to forensic psychology? - Answercautioned Austrian judges that their
decisions were influenced by unconscious processes; claimed that insights from his theory could be used
to understand criminal behavior and improve the legal system
What did Hugo Munsterberg believe? - Answerexperimental psychology has reached a stage at which it
seems natural and sound to give attention to its possible service for the practical needs of life
Who is the founder of forensic psychology? - AnswerHugo Munsterberg
What were Munsterberg's 3 crucial activities? - Answerdemonstrated the fallibility of memory; published
On the Witness Stand; offered testimony as an expert witness in highly publicized trials
What did Hugo Munsterberg seek to do? - Answerraise the position of the psychological profession to
one of importance in public life; was sometimes insulting to those in the legal profession
What did Hermann Ebbinghaus do? - Answerdemonstrated the rapid rate of early memory loss
What did Alfred Benet do? - Answerstudied children's competence as eyewitness
What did Louis Stern do? - Answerpublished eyewitness research in Germany; testified as an expert on
eyewitness identification
What did Guy Whipple do? - Answerconducted experiments relating testimony and evidence to
perception and memory
Why was there little research related to the legal system from WWII until the late 1970s? -
AnswerMunsterberg had generated such a negative response; legal community was not open to the
contributions of psychologists
