In the Control Question Technique of the polygraph examination, responses to control questions
A. help put the subject at ease between critical questions.
B. are more extreme in guilty subjects.
C. provide a baseline for the subject's reactivity.
D. are those which always elicit the most arousal.
The per se exclusionary rule
A. allows hypnotically-assisted testimony in all relevant cases.
B. prohibits hypnotically-assisted testimony by prosecution witnesses.
C. prohibits hypnotically-assisted testimony by defense witnesses.
D. prohibits hypnotically-assisted testimony in all cases.
Some states, plus the federal courts, consider whether administrative procedures were acceptable and if proper safeguards were met. If they were, then they admit hypnotically-assisted testimony. This is called the
A. McNaughten standard.
B. fair-use test.
C. totality of circumstances test.
D. per se exclusionary rule.
Which of the following was the clearest conclusion of a meta-analysis conducted by Steblay and Bothwell (1994)?
A. Hypnotized subjects are less confident about the accuracy of their memories than non-hypnotized subjects.
B. Hypnotized subjects are more confident about the accuracy of their memories than non-hypnotized subjects.
C. Hypnotized subjects recall significantly more details than non-hypnotized subjects.
D. Hypnotized subjects are less suggestible than non-hypnotized subjects.
Under hypnosis induced by Martin Orne, Kenneth Bianchi (a suspect in the Hillside Strangler murders).
A. provided key evidence exonerating himself of the crime.
B. engaged in behavior suggesting he was malingering.
C. regressed to a past life for an explanation of his crime.
D. provided evidence that convinced Orne that Bianchi had multiple-personality disorder.
Regarding hypnotically-refreshed memories, the scientific community
A. is in consensus that they are completely reliable.
B. thinks the use of them should be discouraged in court.
C. thinks the benefits of them outweigh the costs.
D. is evenly divided over the use of them in court.
When did Martin Reiser, a psychologist with the Los Angeles Police Department, establish the Law Enforcement Hypnosis Institute to train hypno- technicians?
A. 1950s
B. 1960s
C. 1970s
D. 1980s
In the equivocal death analysis following the explosion on the U.S.S. Iowa, the American Psychological Association
A. agreed with the FBI that the explosion was an accident.
B. disagreed with the FBI that the explosion was an accident.
C. agreed with the FBI that the explosion was instigated by Gunner's Mate Clayton Hartwig.
D. disagreed with the FBI that the explosion was instigated by Gunner's Mate Clayton Hartwig.
The basic purpose of a _________________ is to certify whether a death could be reliably classified as natural, accidental, suicidal, or homicidal.
A. licensed mortician
B. forensic detective
C. medical examiner
D. criminal profiler
In 1995, special prosecutor Kenneth Starr reopened some aspects of the investigations of Vincent Foster's death. What were his conclusions, reported in 1997?
A. Foster had been drugged.
B. Foster had indeed committed suicide.
C. Foster had been murdered and his body had been moved.
D. He drew no conclusions regarding the mode of death.
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