Question 1

You have just read the section on recovered memories in your text. Based on your reading, what would you say to a psychotherapist who suspects that her client has repressed memories of prior sexual abuse?

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A)   "By suggesting past abuse, you may actually be creating false memories."
B)   "Don't take seriously any clients' claims that they have recovered a memory of past abuse."
C)   "Without objective corroborating evidence, it is unethical to suggest that abuse occurred."
D)   "The notion of 'repression' is as outdated as Sigmund Freud's other ideas."E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 2

Four people have just observed a suspect deny that she committed a theft. Which observer is most likely to detect whether the suspect is lying?

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A)   Andy, who has worked for the CIA
B)   Frank, who is a rookie on the police force
C)   Bobby, who is visiting the police station as part of a university assignment
D)   Actually, none of the above observers have an edge in detecting lies.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 3

The process whereby information obtained after an event alters memories of the event is known as

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A)   reconstructive memory.
B)   unconscious transference.
C)   selective memory.
D)   node integration.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

You've just read Social Psychology and the Law and have been summoned for jury service. Assuming that you were assigned to the jury trying a rape case, unlike most other jurors, you would be most likely to trust the testimony of a witness who

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A)   is confident about his identification.
B)   "just knew" that a suspect was the culprit when she saw him in a lineup.
C)   carefully examined each person in a lineup before making an identification.
D)   took a long time making an identification.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

The own-race bias refers to the finding that

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A)   jurors are unlikely to convict a member of their own race.
B)   people are better at recognizing faces from members of their own race.
C)   crime rates are lower in neighborhoods in which same-race police patrol.
D)   lawyers are more successful in defending people of their own race.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 6

While on the witness stand at a child neglect trial, Billy was asked several leading questions by a crafty attorney. This attorney managed to get Billy to report that he had remembered seeing his mother drunk on several occasions. After the trial, Billy remained convinced that his mother was an alcoholic even though this was never true. This is an example of

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A)   the false memory syndrome.
B)   a recovered memory.
C)   a distorted self-schema.
D)   auto-suggestive memory.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Recall that Loftus and her colleagues (1978)  showed participants a series of slides that depicted an automobile accident. Some participants saw a yield sign in the photos and other participants saw a stop sign. Later, participants were asked questions that contained information that either did or did not match what they had actually seen (i.e., a stop sign versus a yield sign) . Results demonstrated that participants were least accurate in remembering what they had actually seen when

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A)   they had a very short time to view the slide series.
B)   question contents contradicted what they had actually seen.
C)   question contents reflected what they had actually seen.
D)   they reported what they had seen after being questioned, rather than before.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the storage process of memory?

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A)   Once an event is acquired, it is placed in storage, much like a photo album.
B)   Memories in storage can be edited dramatically.
C)   Memories in storage cannot be altered.
D)   Memories in storage can only be altered slightly over time.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 9

What is the most likely source of the own-race bias?

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A)   Familiar stimuli are easier to recognize than unfamiliar stimuli.
B)   Prejudice biases attention and memory.
C)   Arousal impedes attention and subsequent memory accuracy.
D)   Much of memory is reconstructive.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

Julia's natural parents are Ethiopian, but she was raised by white parents in California. Chances are, she most easily recognizes

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A)   white faces.
B)   African faces.
C)   mixed-race faces.
D)   white and African faces equally well.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

You come home from work and find pieces of broken glass on the floor. You realize that your favorite vase was broken. Immediately you blame your new puppy, without even noticing that your toddler's teddy bear is lying on the floor near the broken glass. The fact that you didn't see the teddy bear is probably due to

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A)   your poor vision.
B)   your schema that puppies are destructive.
C)   unconscious transference.
D)   source-monitoring errors.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 12

According to the authors, accurate eyewitness identification results from a series of three stages:

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A)   attention, memory, and credibility.
B)   acquisition, attention, and retrieval.
C)   acquisition, storage, and retrieval.
D)   accuracy, confidence, and credibility.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Based on the research by Geraerts and colleagues (2007)  which of the following is most likely to have corroborating evidence about their experience of childhood sexual abuse?

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A)   William, who has never forgotten his abuse
B)   Emily, who remembered her abuse last year during marriage counseling
C)   Carla, who remembered her abuse during college
D)   Sharon, who had repressed her abuse until undergoing psychoanalysisE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

In which of the following ways should lawyers present their case to a jury?

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A)   story order
B)   story order, but only for the prosecution lawyer
C)   witness order
D)   witness order, but only for the defense lawyerE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 15

According to your text, composite face programs are to be avoided. Why is this?

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A)   They are more costly in terms of time and monetary expenses and they are only as effective as lineups.
B)   They are more effective than lineups, but only if the witness was less than thirty feet from the crime.
C)   Witnesses typically produce less accurate faces because they focus too much on specific features.
D)   Witnesses usually cannot recall enough detail to use these programs in cases of violent crime.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

One day, your roommate asks you if you like the new sculpture outside of the Fine Arts building. You tell him that you like the sculpture there, but you later realize that the sculpture actually is in front of the Administration building. It seems your roommate's ________ question yielded a ________.

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A)   misleading; false memory
B)   misleading; reconstructed memory
C)   directive; false memory
D)   rhetorical; reconstructed memoryE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 17

Based on what a polygraph is designed to do, is it possible to "trick" a polygraph and make it less valid?

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A)   yes, if you do things to affect your heart rate and breathing
B)   yes, if you convince yourself that you aren't lying
C)   no, polygraphs pick up on a number of subtleties
D)   no, polygraphs are not reliable anyway; there is no way to make them less validE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Which of the following groups performs best in telling whether or not actors are lying or telling the truth?

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A)   women
B)   men
C)   law officers in general
D)   all groups perform about the sameE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

The authors of your text present evidence that suggest that witnesses who can identify a suspect in a lineup in under ________ are probably more likely to correctly identify the suspect.

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A)   one hour
B)   ten minutes
C)   one minute
D)   ten secondsE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Our minds are not video cameras that objectively record and play back all events we see and hear. One reason eyewitness information is often unreliable is that one or more memory processes can be affected. What are those three processes, and what factors can bias them?

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