Psychology MCQs with Answers

A. Cognitive interviews

B. Offender profiling

C. Being community- based

D. Focus on relationship with parents

A. Anger management

B. Encoding social cues

C. Deception

D. Memory retrieval

A. Distal factors

B. Conduct disorder

C. Poor parenting

D. (b) and (c)

A. Antisocial behavior

B. History of mental illness

C. Family criminality

D. A and C

A. Overly harsh or lax parenting style

B. Criminality in the family

C. Low intelligence

D. All of the above

A. Inductive methods of profiling are often referred to as clinical in the 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 known offenders involves gathering data…

A. Leadings

B. Change perspective

C. Report everything

D. Context reinstatement

A. Preparing a story on the spot

B. Being original

C. Good acting ability

D. Not experiencing emotion

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)

A. less likely that her son would be physically abused

B. more likely that her son was physically abused

C. more likely her son would be sexually abused

D. none of these