PSYCH 2400 - Forensic Psychology Final
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
The Polygraph Description - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Physiological measures used
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for centuries
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- Dry rice powder
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Polygraph based on belief that deception leads to physiological change
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• William Marston
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- Not a Lie Detector!
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The Polygraph Measures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Respiration
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Heart Rate |
Sweating
Polygraph Uses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Helps in criminal investigations
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(suspect)
- Verify a crime has occurred (victim)
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- Insurance companies (verify claim)
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- Monitoring sexual offenders on probation (United States)
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- Pre-employment screening (police, CSIS, etc.)
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,Types of Polygraph Types - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Relevant / Irrelevant Test
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Comparison Question Test | |
Concealed Information Test | |
Relevant / Irrelevant Test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-asks relevant question, then
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asks question irrelevant to crime
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- Larger physiological responses to relevant questions indicates deception
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- Only used for employee screening, no longer used bylaw enforcement
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Comparison Question Test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Asks questions:
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Irrelevant
relevant
comparison
Begins with two stages:
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Examiner stresses polygraph is accurate
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Comparison questions are developed | | |
Comparison questions: Designed to provoke anxiety.
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, Problems with Comparison Question Test: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Innocent may
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fail
Guilty may pass | |
Concealed Information Test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Does not assess deception
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| - Knowledge about details of the crime
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- 10 Multiple choice questions
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| - One Correct Option
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How Does it work - Concealed Information Test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Assumes
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only someone with knowledge of crime will recognize the correct answer
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Suspects who consistently respond to critical items are assumed to have
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knowledge of the crime | | |
Not used often in Canada or United States
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Accuracy of Polygraph - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Guilty - True Positive
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Not Guilty - True Negative
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Inconclusive - False Positive | | |
Inconclusive - False Negative | | |
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
The Polygraph Description - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Physiological measures used
| | | | | | | |
for centuries
|
- Dry rice powder
| | |
Polygraph based on belief that deception leads to physiological change
| | | | | | | | |
• William Marston
| |
- Not a Lie Detector!
| | | |
The Polygraph Measures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Respiration
| | | | |
Heart Rate |
Sweating
Polygraph Uses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Helps in criminal investigations
| | | | | | | | |
(suspect)
- Verify a crime has occurred (victim)
| | | | | |
- Insurance companies (verify claim)
| | | |
- Monitoring sexual offenders on probation (United States)
| | | | | | |
- Pre-employment screening (police, CSIS, etc.)
| | | | |
,Types of Polygraph Types - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Relevant / Irrelevant Test
| | | | | | | | |
Comparison Question Test | |
Concealed Information Test | |
Relevant / Irrelevant Test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-asks relevant question, then
| | | | | | | | | |
asks question irrelevant to crime
| | | |
- Larger physiological responses to relevant questions indicates deception
| | | | | | | |
- Only used for employee screening, no longer used bylaw enforcement
| | | | | | | | | |
Comparison Question Test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Asks questions:
| | | | | |
Irrelevant
relevant
comparison
Begins with two stages:
| | |
Examiner stresses polygraph is accurate
| | | |
Comparison questions are developed | | |
Comparison questions: Designed to provoke anxiety.
| | | | |
, Problems with Comparison Question Test: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Innocent may
| | | | | | | | |
fail
Guilty may pass | |
Concealed Information Test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Does not assess deception
| | | | | | | | |
| - Knowledge about details of the crime
| | | | | |
- 10 Multiple choice questions
| | | |
| - One Correct Option
| | |
How Does it work - Concealed Information Test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Assumes
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only someone with knowledge of crime will recognize the correct answer
| | | | | | | | | |
Suspects who consistently respond to critical items are assumed to have
| | | | | | | | | | |
knowledge of the crime | | |
Not used often in Canada or United States
| | | | | | |
Accuracy of Polygraph - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Guilty - True Positive
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Not Guilty - True Negative
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Inconclusive - False Positive | | |
Inconclusive - False Negative | | |
