Psychology MCQs

A. distal factors
B. conduct disorder
C. poor parenting
D. peers

A. Anger management
B. Encoding social cues
C. Deception
D. Memory retrieval

A. aggression replacement training
B. what works program
C. statement validity assessment
D. the stanford study

A. Indiscriminate of treatment programme helps to reduce recidivism.
B. The type of treatment programme is important, with stronger evidence for unstructured behavioural and multi- model approaches.
C. The most successful studies, while behavioural in nature, include a cognitive component.
D. The most effective programmes have low treatment integrity.

A. Cognitive interviews
B. Offender profiling
C. Being community- based
D. Focus on the relationship with parents

A. Antisocial behavior
B. History of mental illness
C. Family criminality
D. A and c

A. Inductive methods of profiling are often referred to as ‘clinical’ in style while deductive methods are seen as ‘statistical’.
B. Constructing psychological profiles of historical figures typically relies on specialist knowledge.
C. Both ‘organized’ and ‘disorganized’ offenders are careful not to leave evidence.
D. Profiling common characteristics of know offenders involves gathering data about the crime from multiple sources.

A. Preparing a story on the spot
B. Being original
C. Not experiencing ability
D. Not experiencing emotion

A. Leadings questions
B. Change perspective
C. Reporting everything
D. Context reinstatement

A. Do the findings from psychological studies parallel what happens to real crime witnesses?
B. Should research findings be made available to the court to influence real trials?
C. Both a and b.
D. Neither a nor b.