WJEC Forensic Psychology

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Just a general quiz covering 'Treatment and Punishment of crime', 'Factors affecting eyewitness testimony' 'Theories of crime' 'Decision making of juries' and 'Approaches to Profiling'
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Zusammenfassung der Ressource

Frage 1

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Select the therapies that are used to treat and punish offenders
Antworten
  • Cognitive therapy
  • Behavioural therapy
  • Chemotherapy
  • Electro-convulsive therapy

Frage 2

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Define the term punishment
Antworten
  • It is a term that is used in operant conditioning, it refers to any changes that occur before a behaviour which reduces the likelihood that the behaviour will occur again in the future
  • It is a term that is used in operant conditioning, it refers to any changes that occur after a behaviour which increases the likelihood that the behaviour will occur again in the future
  • It is a term that is used in operant conditioning, it refers to any changes that occur after a behaviour which reduces the likelihood that the behaviour will occur again in the future

Frage 3

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Name the two cognitive programmes that are used by prison services in England and Wales
Antworten
  • ETS
  • R&R
  • VTS
  • EBS

Frage 4

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ETS stands for 'Enhanced Thinking Skills'
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 5

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R&R stands for 'Rehabilitation and Reaction'
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 6

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What is E.T.S (Enhanced Thinking Skills) programme all about?
Antworten
  • Teaching offenders the offenders to 'consider all factors' before they act
  • Teaching offenders critical reasoning, creative thinking, social skills etc

Frage 7

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What is R&R all about? (Reasoning and Rehabilitation) programme
Antworten
  • Helping offenders develop behaviours more appropriate social behaviour
  • Helping offenders become more reasonable and rehabilitate them

Frage 8

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Did Hollin et al study support or disprove the effectiveness of the cognitive therapy?
Antworten
  • Support
  • Disprove

Frage 9

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What were the findings of Hollin et al (2004) study ?
Antworten
  • Male offenders(England&Wales) in treatment groups re-offend less than controls
  • Male offenders(England&Wales) in treatment groups re-offend more than controls

Frage 10

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According to Cann et al(2003), what programmes in the cognitive therapy are more effective?
Antworten
  • ETS ( Enhanced Thinking Skills) programmes
  • R&R( Reasoning and Rehabilitation) programmes
  • ETS and R&R are both equally as good

Frage 11

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One of the problems with the cognitive programmes is Gender bias
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 12

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What did Cann et al (2003) find out in relation to gender bias and cognitive programmes?
Antworten
  • ETS and R&R with women have not reduced recidivism
  • ETS with women have not reduced recidivism
  • R&R with women have not reduced recidivism

Frage 13

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Name a possible reason as to why R&R and ETS programmes are not effective with women
Antworten
  • Women lack the cognitive deficits that are related to the crimes committed by the women
  • Women have the cognitive deficits that are related to the crimes committed by the women

Frage 14

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Which of the following are examples of cognitive deficits?
Antworten
  • Lack of self control
  • Lack of values
  • Lack of critical thinking
  • Lack of pity

Frage 15

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Behavioural therapy is another method that is used to reduce recidivism, it works on the principle of what?
Antworten
  • Operant conditioning
  • Classical conditioning
  • Social Learning theory

Frage 16

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Behavioural therapy involves the use of money which is given to the prisoners every-time they behave in a desirable manner
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 17

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Behavioural therapy involves the use of token economies which is given to the prisoners every-time they behave in a desirable manner
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 18

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Token economies can be exchanged for privileges such as ...
Antworten
  • smoking cigarretes
  • Drinking alcohol
  • A variety of selection of different flavoured juices
  • Watching tv

Frage 19

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What happens if a prisoner/inmate behaves in an inappropriate manner?
Antworten
  • They only receive one meal every day for the next 4 days
  • They are kept in isolation
  • They receive an extra month added on to their sentence

Frage 20

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Which of the following studies showed that token economies were successful
Antworten
  • Jenkins et al
  • Garrido et al

Frage 21

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What did Jenkins et al study show?
Antworten
  • Male offenders that had been part of the token economy system consistently had the lowest percentage of post release for the last 9 months of the study
  • Juvenile offenders who had committed serious crimes, the relapse into crime was highest when they received no intervention e.g. not receive any therapy to reduce recidivism

Frage 22

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What did Garrido and Morales study show?
Antworten
  • Juvenile offenders who had committed serious crimes, the relapse into crime was highest when they received no intervention e.g. not receive any therapy to reduce recidivism
  • Male offenders that had been part of the token economy system group consistently had the lowest percentage of post release offences for the last nine months of the study
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