Exam 4: Consulting and Testifying

A) Both judges and attorneys were able to differentiate between valid and flawed research.
B) Judges were more apt to understood sample sizes and attorneys understood control groups.
C) Attorneys were more familiar with the scientific method than were the judges.
D) Judges admitted flawed research at the same rates as they admitted valid testimony.

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A) criminal; civil
B) appellate; geographical
C) civil; criminal
D) geographical; appellate

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A) The APA states that psychologists should only provide ultimate issue testimony when requested by the court.
B) The APA states that psychologists should only provide ultimate issue testimony on cases involving the welfare of a minor child.
C) The APA discourages psychologists from providing ultimate issue testimony.
D) The APA has not taken a stance on the matter of ultimate issue testimony.

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A) To help the judge or jury make decisions that are beyond knowledge of the typical layperson.
B) To explain the myriad psychological effects of highly traumatic events.
C) To provide testimony on the ultimate issue.
D) To advocate for the rights of a falsely-accused defendant.

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A) A pretrial hearing involving competency to stand trial
B) A jury trial involving child custody
C) A jury trial involving the effects of pornography on adolescents
D) A bench trial involving credibility of an eyewitness

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A) Parental criminality
B) Association with deviant peers
C) Anger
D) Education

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A) The type of case being heard
B) The experience level of the presiding judge
C) The stages of the judicial process
D) The size of the court's geographical jurisdiction

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A) actuarial
B) clinical
C) antecedent
D) statistical

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A) The more certain a witness is, the more accurate the information.
B) Eyewitness testimony is often fabricated.
C) Eyewitness testimony is often inaccurate.
D) The less detailed the testimony, the more accurate the information.

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A) Jaffe v. Redmond
B) Frye v. U.S.
C) Jenkins v. U.S.
D) Bowers v. Hardwick

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A) George states he obsessively thinks about having sex with his sister-in-law.
B) George threatens to kill his ex-wife's boyfriend.
C) George reports that he has a history of sleeping with prostitutes.
D) George acknowledges that he was institutionalized at age twenty for severe depression.

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A) honorary challenge
B) action of retrospection
C) challenge for cause
D) peremptory challenge

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A) may include legally unacceptable risk factors.
B) often have a restricted definition of violence.
C) focus on a small number of factors.
D) are too generalizable to other contexts.

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A) criminal trial.
B) trial by jury.
C) preemptory challenge.
D) court trial.

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A) Ultimate issue testimony
B) Trial consulting
C) Jury selection
D) Risk assessment

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A) To limit power of the federal courts and enhance power of smaller courts
B) To address criminal cases and complex civil cases
C) To simplify the federal court system
D) To recognize the unity of the nation and the sovereignty of individual states

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