When psychology and law are discussed as embodying different cultures, the following underlying differences between the two fields are considered most important:
Training people to detect lies _____ their ability _____ the…
Training people to detect lies _____ their ability _____ their confidence in their ability to discern lies.
The comparison question test (CQT) posits that guilty indivi…
The comparison question test (CQT) posits that guilty individuals react more strongly to _____ questions, whereas innocent individuals react more strongly to _____ questions.
Many serial killers seem to prefer to use _____ methods of k…
Many serial killers seem to prefer to use _____ methods of killing, such as _____.
When researchers assessed police detectives’ ability to dete…
When researchers assessed police detectives’ ability to detect lies, they found the police to be _____ likely to correctly assess the truthfulness of videotaped statements compared with college students.
The knowledge and skills of clinical psychologists might be…
The knowledge and skills of clinical psychologists might be most relevant for the legal system in which one of these cases?
Which one of the following situations would be an example of…
Which one of the following situations would be an example of a false negative error?
The knowledge and skills of developmental psychologists migh…
The knowledge and skills of developmental psychologists might be most relevant for the legal system in which one of these cases?
Police may use a variety of evidence ploys during interrogat…
Police may use a variety of evidence ploys during interrogation. This is possible because:
Jared was questioning a suspect using the Reid technique, an…
Jared was questioning a suspect using the Reid technique, and after a long and exhausting interrogation, the suspect falsely confessed to the crime just to put an end to the interrogation. When hearing this confession, Jared felt even more confident that the suspect was guilty. This is an illustration of the phenomenon that psychologists call: