Chapter 13: Psychology in the Investigation of Crime

1. Memory for witnessing a crime is known as autobiographical memory:

  1. True.
  2. False

Answer: B

2. Counselling psychology explores memory in particular:

  1. True.
  2. False

Answer: B

3. Loftus’s (1973) theory of faulty eye witness accounts of events is known as:

  1. misinformation influence paradigm;
  2. misinformation effect paradigm;
  3. mishandling of evidence;
  4. encoding of false memories.

Answer: B

4. According to Megreya and Burton (2008), which element of recognition of details of a crime is particularly difficult for witnesses to recall?

  1. descriptions of clothing;
  2. locations;
  3. unfamiliar faces;
  4. voices.

Answer: C

5. The brain region theorised to be responsible for facial recognition is called:

  1. the facial recognition gyrus;
  2. the fusiform face area;
  3. the substantia nigra;
  4. the temporal pole.

Answer: B

6. The inability to recognise faces is a neuropsychological condition called Prosopagnosia:

  1. True.
  2. False.

Answer: A

7. Repression of conscious processing during witnessing of a crime may occur due to:

  1. trauma;
  2. synesthesia;
  3. amnesia;
  4. denial.

Answer: A

8. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is also known as:

  1. PMS;
  2. PMT;
  3. PTSD;
  4. PPI-R.

Answer: C

9. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder may include psychogenic amnesia:

  1. True.*
  2. False.

Answer: A

10. According to Hope and Wright (2007), fear can alter attention to details of a crime because of :

  1. presence of a weapon;
  2. clowns;
  3. brightly coloured objects;
  4. presence of more than one assailant.

 

Answer: A

11. Unconscious transference occurs when details of the offender are mixed with details of others present during the crime:

  1. True.
  2. False

Answer: A

12. According to Gabbert, et al. (2003) the presence of other witnesses may facilitate recall:

  1. True.
  2. False.

Answer: B

13. One way to facilitate recall and reduce distortion and misinterpretation is Cognitive Interview:

  1. True.
  2. False.

Answer: A

14. Enhancing recall of the details of a crime may be improved by all of the following interview techniques, except:

  1. narrative reordering;
  2. in-depth reporting;
  3. mental confusion;
  4. reporting from different perspectives.

Answer: C

15. The cognitive interview technique police employ is also known as:

  1. PMS;
  2. PTSD;
  3. PEACE;
  4. PRICE.

Answer: C