TEST BANK
Wrightsman's Psychology and the Legal
System
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Kirk Heilbrun, Edie Greene, and Amy Bradfield Douglass
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10th Edition
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Wrightsman's Psychology and the Legal System (10 Edition) - Test Bank
Kirk Heilbrun, Edie Greene, Amy Bradfield Douglass
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Chapter 1 Psychology and the Law: Choices and Roles
IS
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Chapter 2 The Legal System: Issues, Structure, and Players
Chapter 3 Understanding Crime
O
Chapter 4 Psychology of Police
N
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Chapter 5 Eyewitnesses to Crimes and Accidents
N
Chapter 6 Psychology of Victims of Crime and Violence
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O
Chapter 7 Evaluating Criminal Suspects
C
Chapter 8 Traditional Steps in Criminal Prosecution and Civil Litigation: Arrest, Bail, Plea Bargains,
Settlements, and Trials
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ED
Chapter 9 Alternatives to Traditional Criminal Prosecution and Civil Litigation
Chapter 10 Forensic Assessment in Juvenile and Criminal Cases
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PR
Chapter 11 Forensic Assessment in Civil Cases
Chapter 12 Preparing for Trials
Chapter 13 Jurors and Juries
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Chapter 14 Punishment and Sentencing
Chapter 15 Juvenile and Adult Corrections
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,Chapter 01
1. Which is the purpose of laws?
a. Legislate moral behavior
b. Control human nature
c. Serve as a mechanism for conflict resolution
d. All of these are correct.
ANSWER: c
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POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: The Importance of Laws
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
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HAS VARIABLES: False
TOPICS: Laws Help Resolve Conflict and Protect the Public
DATE CREATED: 5/27/2023 5:21 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 5/27/2023 5:22 AM
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2. What is the purpose of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
a. Prevents undue searches and seizures
b. It safeguards us against self-incrimination
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c. Protects spouses from testifying against spouses
d. Provides the right to peaceful protest
ANSWER: b
AP
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: The Importance of Laws
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
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HAS VARIABLES: False
TOPICS: The Changing of Laws
DATE CREATED: 5/27/2023 5:29 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 5/27/2023 5:30 AM
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3. Edward Rosenheimer was charged with a hit-and-run accident, but he claimed that the law requiring him to report the
accident to the police was unconstitutional because it forced him to incriminate himself, violating the U.S. Constitution. A
New York judge agreed and released him from custody. This case eventually came before the New York Court of
Appeals; what was this court’s decision?
a. Rosenheimer’s original verdict was upheld because the law forcing him to incriminate himself was said by this
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court to be unconstitutional.
b. Rosenheimer was released from custody because the Court of General Sessions in New York State said that
the hit-and-run regulation should be removed because of unconstitutionality.
c. The New York Court of Appeals concluded that the right to avoid self-incrimination did not outweigh the right
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of injured persons to seek redress for their sufferings.
d. The New York Court of Appeals concluded that the right of injured persons to seek redress for their sufferings
did not outweigh the right to avoid self-incrimination.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Apply
, REFERENCES: The Importance of Laws
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
TOPICS: The Changing of Laws
DATE CREATED: 5/27/2023 5:30 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 5/27/2023 5:31 AM
4. Which type of researcher is concerned with comparing laws (and mechanisms for instituting and altering laws) in
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different societies and relating them to other characteristics of these societies?
a. Anthropologist
b. Sociologist
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c. Philosopher
d. Psychologist
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Think Critically
IA
REFERENCES: The Psychological Study of Law
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
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DATE CREATED: 5/27/2023 5:31 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 5/27/2023 5:32 AM
5. If a researcher is interested in the study a specific society and examines its institutions (e.g., the family, the church, or
AP
the subculture) to determine their role in developing adherence to the law, that researcher is most likely which of these?
a. Psychologist
b. Sociologist
c. Anthropologist
PR
d. Philosopher
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Think Critically
OV
REFERENCES: The Psychological Study of Law
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 5/27/2023 5:32 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 6/7/2023 5:36 AM
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6. Psychology assumes that individual characteristics affect how the legal system operates and in turn the legal system
affects individual characteristics and behavior. As defined in the text, characteristics may include which of the following?
a. Socioeconomic status
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b. Personal values
c. Minority status
d. All of these are correct.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Think Critically
Wrightsman's Psychology and the Legal
System
ST
Kirk Heilbrun, Edie Greene, and Amy Bradfield Douglass
──────────────────────────────────────────────────
UV
10th Edition
IA
?_
AP
PR
OV
ED
? ?
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
R
U
Wrightsman's Psychology and the Legal System (10 Edition) - Test Bank
Kirk Heilbrun, Edie Greene, Amy Bradfield Douglass
ST
SE
Chapter 1 Psychology and the Law: Choices and Roles
IS
UV
Chapter 2 The Legal System: Issues, Structure, and Players
Chapter 3 Understanding Crime
O
Chapter 4 Psychology of Police
N
IA
Chapter 5 Eyewitnesses to Crimes and Accidents
N
Chapter 6 Psychology of Victims of Crime and Violence
?_
O
Chapter 7 Evaluating Criminal Suspects
C
Chapter 8 Traditional Steps in Criminal Prosecution and Civil Litigation: Arrest, Bail, Plea Bargains,
Settlements, and Trials
AP
ED
Chapter 9 Alternatives to Traditional Criminal Prosecution and Civil Litigation
Chapter 10 Forensic Assessment in Juvenile and Criminal Cases
M
PR
Chapter 11 Forensic Assessment in Civil Cases
Chapter 12 Preparing for Trials
Chapter 13 Jurors and Juries
OV
Chapter 14 Punishment and Sentencing
Chapter 15 Juvenile and Adult Corrections
ED
??
,Chapter 01
1. Which is the purpose of laws?
a. Legislate moral behavior
b. Control human nature
c. Serve as a mechanism for conflict resolution
d. All of these are correct.
ANSWER: c
ST
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: The Importance of Laws
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
UV
HAS VARIABLES: False
TOPICS: Laws Help Resolve Conflict and Protect the Public
DATE CREATED: 5/27/2023 5:21 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 5/27/2023 5:22 AM
IA
2. What is the purpose of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
a. Prevents undue searches and seizures
b. It safeguards us against self-incrimination
?_
c. Protects spouses from testifying against spouses
d. Provides the right to peaceful protest
ANSWER: b
AP
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: The Importance of Laws
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
PR
HAS VARIABLES: False
TOPICS: The Changing of Laws
DATE CREATED: 5/27/2023 5:29 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 5/27/2023 5:30 AM
OV
3. Edward Rosenheimer was charged with a hit-and-run accident, but he claimed that the law requiring him to report the
accident to the police was unconstitutional because it forced him to incriminate himself, violating the U.S. Constitution. A
New York judge agreed and released him from custody. This case eventually came before the New York Court of
Appeals; what was this court’s decision?
a. Rosenheimer’s original verdict was upheld because the law forcing him to incriminate himself was said by this
ED
court to be unconstitutional.
b. Rosenheimer was released from custody because the Court of General Sessions in New York State said that
the hit-and-run regulation should be removed because of unconstitutionality.
c. The New York Court of Appeals concluded that the right to avoid self-incrimination did not outweigh the right
??
of injured persons to seek redress for their sufferings.
d. The New York Court of Appeals concluded that the right of injured persons to seek redress for their sufferings
did not outweigh the right to avoid self-incrimination.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Apply
, REFERENCES: The Importance of Laws
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
TOPICS: The Changing of Laws
DATE CREATED: 5/27/2023 5:30 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 5/27/2023 5:31 AM
4. Which type of researcher is concerned with comparing laws (and mechanisms for instituting and altering laws) in
ST
different societies and relating them to other characteristics of these societies?
a. Anthropologist
b. Sociologist
UV
c. Philosopher
d. Psychologist
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Think Critically
IA
REFERENCES: The Psychological Study of Law
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
?_
DATE CREATED: 5/27/2023 5:31 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 5/27/2023 5:32 AM
5. If a researcher is interested in the study a specific society and examines its institutions (e.g., the family, the church, or
AP
the subculture) to determine their role in developing adherence to the law, that researcher is most likely which of these?
a. Psychologist
b. Sociologist
c. Anthropologist
PR
d. Philosopher
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Think Critically
OV
REFERENCES: The Psychological Study of Law
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 5/27/2023 5:32 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 6/7/2023 5:36 AM
ED
6. Psychology assumes that individual characteristics affect how the legal system operates and in turn the legal system
affects individual characteristics and behavior. As defined in the text, characteristics may include which of the following?
a. Socioeconomic status
??
b. Personal values
c. Minority status
d. All of these are correct.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Think Critically
