Criminological and Forensic Psychology
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Chapter 2: Research Methods in Forensic Psychology
1. A forensic psychologist would be expected to do all of the following except:
- design research studies;
- interpret research findings;
- make recommendations based on research findings;
- prevent the dissemination of research that refutes the findings of another researcher.
Answer: D
2. The economic impact of crime is one of the types of research that a forensic psychologist might engage in:
- True.
- False.
Answer: B
3. Wikipedia is considered a dubious resource for information and is restricted by Universities due to its lack of peer review?
- True.
- False.
Answer: A
4. Refining a literature search can be done by utilising:
- Bouillon search;
- Boolean search;
- Bootstrap search;
- Book search.
Answer: B
5. Why might a researcher not have autonomy to choose the methods of enquiry for a research study?
- research is being conducted with uncooperative participants;
- research is being conducted as part of a commission;
- research being conducted violates the law;
- research is considered unethical.
Answer: B
6. Correlations can be used to establish:
- the strength of a relationship between two variables;
- cause and effect;
- the direction of a relationship between two variables;
- the theoretical relationship between IQ and criminality.
Answer: A
7. Quantitative research methods are said to be:
- objective, scientific and can be generalised;
- subjective, scientific, and can be generalised;
- subjective, scientific and unstructured;
- objective, scientific, and unstructured.
Answer: A
8. To be able to establish cause and effect between variables, researchers must have:
- temporal precedence;
- covariation of cause and effect;
- no alternative explanation;
- themes that emerge from the data.
Answer: D
9. For quantitative research to be accepted it must demonstrate all of the following, except:
- validity;
- reliability;
- practicality;
- replicability.
Answer: C
10. Victims of crime are not considered a forensic sample:
- True.
- False.
Answer: B
11. The quality of Qualitative research may be judged by all of the following criteria, except:
- credibility;
- transferability;
- confirmability;
- replicability.
Answer: D
12. Qualitative researchers spend most of their time on reflection:
- True.
- False.
Answer: B
13. True forensic samples may be drawn from all of the following, except:
- prison inmates;
- prison guards;
- police officers;
- students.
Answer: D
14. Ethical considerations in forensic research are stricter than for medical research:
- True.
- False.
Answer: B
15. Dissemination means:
- reporting research findings;
- seeking research funding;
- protecting sources;
- protecting data.
Answer: A