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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Pregunta 1

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

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
Define the term punishment
Respuesta
  • 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

Pregunta 3

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

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
ETS stands for 'Enhanced Thinking Skills'
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
R&R stands for 'Rehabilitation and Reaction'
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 6

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

Pregunta 7

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

Pregunta 8

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

Pregunta 9

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

Pregunta 10

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

Pregunta 11

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

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
What did Cann et al (2003) find out in relation to gender bias and cognitive programmes?
Respuesta
  • 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

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
Name a possible reason as to why R&R and ETS programmes are not effective with women
Respuesta
  • 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

Pregunta 14

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

Pregunta 15

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

Pregunta 16

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

Pregunta 17

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

Pregunta 18

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

Pregunta 19

Pregunta
What happens if a prisoner/inmate behaves in an inappropriate manner?
Respuesta
  • 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

Pregunta 20

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

Pregunta 21

Pregunta
What did Jenkins et al study show?
Respuesta
  • 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

Pregunta 22

Pregunta
What did Garrido and Morales study show?
Respuesta
  • 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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