Question 1

Research on the accuracy of online dating profiles has found the following is true.

Accepted Answer

A) Online daters are most likely to lie about whether they are married,divorced,or single. 
B) Online daters are most likely to lie about the number of children they have. 
C) Online daters provide most accurate information about their height and weight. 
D) Online daters are most accurate about whether they had children. 
E) Online daters always include a photo of themselves in order to increase their odds of finding a match. 
A) Online daters are most likely to lie about whether they are married,divorced,or single. 
B) Online daters are most likely to lie about the number of children they have. 
C) Online daters provide most accurate information about their height and weight. 
D) Online daters are most accurate about whether they had children. 
E) Online daters always include a photo of themselves in order to increase their odds of finding a match. D

Question 2

What was the major conclusion drawn by Rosenham (1973)on the research involving the hospitalization of pseudo-patients?

Accepted Answer

A) All pseudo-patients were correctly identified by hospital staff. 
B) None of the pseudo-patients were correctly identified by hospital staff. 
C) About half the pseudo-patients were correctly identified by hospital staff. 
D) Pseudo-patients came to internalize their symptoms to such an extent that their condition progressively worsened during their hospital stay. 
E) None of the above 
A) All pseudo-patients were correctly identified by hospital staff. 
B) None of the pseudo-patients were correctly identified by hospital staff. 
C) About half the pseudo-patients were correctly identified by hospital staff. 
D) Pseudo-patients came to internalize their symptoms to such an extent that their condition progressively worsened during their hospital stay. 
E) None of the above B

Question 3

A patient who actually has schizophrenia denies his auditory hallucinations when questioned by doctors.This patient is likely exhibiting:

Accepted Answer

A) defensiveness 
B) Munchausen syndrome by proxy 
C) factitious disorder 
D) somatoform disorder 
E) malingering 
A) defensiveness 
B) Munchausen syndrome by proxy 
C) factitious disorder 
D) somatoform disorder 
E) malingering A

Question 4

Which of the following is an indicator of malingered psychosis?

Accepted Answer

A) report of blunted affect 
B) reported ability to "make the voices go away" 
C) reporting negative symptoms of psychosis 
D) eagerness to discuss delusions 
E) hallucinations in colour 
A) report of blunted affect 
B) reported ability to "make the voices go away" 
C) reporting negative symptoms of psychosis 
D) eagerness to discuss delusions 
E) hallucinations in colour

Question 5

One disadvantage of using field studies to study deception in criminal suspects is that:

Accepted Answer

A) the ground truth cannot be established. 
B) most are guilty reflecting a lie-bias. 
C) many suspects are able to fool the polygraph. 
D) suspects are often not motivated to be truthful. 
E) suspects rarely agree to be a part of a research study. 
A) the ground truth cannot be established. 
B) most are guilty reflecting a lie-bias. 
C) many suspects are able to fool the polygraph. 
D) suspects are often not motivated to be truthful. 
E) suspects rarely agree to be a part of a research study.

Question 6

What self-report questionnaire has been most widely utilized in studies of malingering by examining validity scales (i.e.,faking bad)?

Accepted Answer

A) Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS) 
B) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) 
C) Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI-2) 
D) Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) 
E) NEO Five Factor Personality Inventory Revised (NEO-PI-R) 
A) Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS) 
B) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) 
C) Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI-2) 
D) Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) 
E) NEO Five Factor Personality Inventory Revised (NEO-PI-R)

Question 7

Which statement is true of the ethical aspects of research on malingering?

Accepted Answer

A) Studies on malingering most often provide negative incentives to participants. 
B) Ethics boards have disallowed the use of deception by experimenters in the study of malingering. 
C) While deception by experimenters has been used in research on malingering,the participants usually remain unmotivated by the made-up incentives. 
D) Researchers must often balance ethical concerns with attempts to increase the internal validity of their study. 
E) None of the above 
A) Studies on malingering most often provide negative incentives to participants. 
B) Ethics boards have disallowed the use of deception by experimenters in the study of malingering. 
C) While deception by experimenters has been used in research on malingering,the participants usually remain unmotivated by the made-up incentives. 
D) Researchers must often balance ethical concerns with attempts to increase the internal validity of their study. 
E) None of the above

Question 8

You have been falsely accused of stealing a laptop computer from a professor's office.The police have requested that you take a polygraph test to prove your innocence.In light of your knowledge of the types of errors most likely to be made by different types of polygraph exams,you agree to do so only if the examiner uses the:

Accepted Answer

A) comparison question test 
B) relevant/irrelevant test 
C) zone of comparison format of scoring 
D) statement validity procedure 
E) concealed information test 
A) comparison question test 
B) relevant/irrelevant test 
C) zone of comparison format of scoring 
D) statement validity procedure 
E) concealed information test

Question 9

When using an ERP to detect deception,guilty suspects should respond to crime-relevant events and details with a large __________ relative to noncrime-relevant events.

Accepted Answer

A) P300 response 
B) N100 response 
C) increase in blood flow 
D) rise in facial temperature 
E) activation of the frontal lobe 
A) P300 response 
B) N100 response 
C) increase in blood flow 
D) rise in facial temperature 
E) activation of the frontal lobe

Question 10

The polygraph measures

Accepted Answer

A) changes in emotional arousal associated specifically with deception 
B) changes in blood pressure,voice modulation,and perspiration 
C) changes in blood pressure,respiration,and skin conductance 
D) increases in emotional arousal in response to the control question compared to the relevant question,indicative of deception 
E) changes in blood pressure,brain-wave activity,and respiration 
A) changes in emotional arousal associated specifically with deception 
B) changes in blood pressure,voice modulation,and perspiration 
C) changes in blood pressure,respiration,and skin conductance 
D) increases in emotional arousal in response to the control question compared to the relevant question,indicative of deception 
E) changes in blood pressure,brain-wave activity,and respiration

Question 11

"During the first 20 years of your life,did you ever think of seriously hurting someone?" This is an example of what type of polygraph question?

Accepted Answer

A) a relevant question 
B) an irrelevant question 
C) a concealed information question 
D) a comparison question 
E) a suppressed question 
A) a relevant question 
B) an irrelevant question 
C) a concealed information question 
D) a comparison question 
E) a suppressed question

Question 12

Which one of the following statements concerning deception detection is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) Deception judgments depend more on the liar than the judge. 
B) Professionals are consistently better than laypersons at detecting deception. 
C) Relatives lying about killing their loved ones are more likely to smile than innocent suspects. 
D) Judgments of truthfulness are dependent upon the personality of the judge. 
E) Complex lies are associated with fewer cues to deception relative to simple lies. 
A) Deception judgments depend more on the liar than the judge. 
B) Professionals are consistently better than laypersons at detecting deception. 
C) Relatives lying about killing their loved ones are more likely to smile than innocent suspects. 
D) Judgments of truthfulness are dependent upon the personality of the judge. 
E) Complex lies are associated with fewer cues to deception relative to simple lies.

Question 13

The Comparison Question Test has been criticized for:

Accepted Answer

A) being susceptible to countermeasures 
B) having a high false-false rate 
C) using subjective methods of scoring 
D) assuming that innocent suspects will show larger responses to the comparison questions as compared to the relevant 
E) all of the above 
A) being susceptible to countermeasures 
B) having a high false-false rate 
C) using subjective methods of scoring 
D) assuming that innocent suspects will show larger responses to the comparison questions as compared to the relevant 
E) all of the above

Question 14

Which of the following statements is false?

Accepted Answer

A) Liars consistently provide fewer details than truth-tellers. 
B) Truth-tellers are less likely to change their stories. 
C) Liars are less likely to admit to lack of memory. 
D) Liars' stories are less fluent than the stories of truth-tellers. 
E) Liars tell less compelling stories than truth-tellers. 
A) Liars consistently provide fewer details than truth-tellers. 
B) Truth-tellers are less likely to change their stories. 
C) Liars are less likely to admit to lack of memory. 
D) Liars' stories are less fluent than the stories of truth-tellers. 
E) Liars tell less compelling stories than truth-tellers.

Question 15

Which verbal indicator has been most strongly associated with deception?

Accepted Answer

A) speech fillers 
B) voice pitch 
C) speech pauses 
D) speech errors (e.g.,slips of the tongue) 
E) rate of speech 
A) speech fillers 
B) voice pitch 
C) speech pauses 
D) speech errors (e.g.,slips of the tongue) 
E) rate of speech

Question 16

In a study by McCabe,Castel,and Rhodes (2011),which type of lie detection test was associated with the greatest number of guilty verdicts returned by mock jurors?

Accepted Answer

A) The polygraph 
B) Thermal imaging 
C) Voice stress analysis 
D) fMRI lie detection 
E) ERP brain fingerprinting 
A) The polygraph 
B) Thermal imaging 
C) Voice stress analysis 
D) fMRI lie detection 
E) ERP brain fingerprinting

Question 17

Which model postulates that offenders with antisocial personality disorder are more likely to malinger than other offenders?

Accepted Answer

A) criminological model 
B) pathogenic model 
C) adaptational model 
D) antisocial personality model 
E) DSM-5 model 
A) criminological model 
B) pathogenic model 
C) adaptational model 
D) antisocial personality model 
E) DSM-5 model

Question 18

In Canada the polygraph is used primarily in which context?

Accepted Answer

A) police investigations 
B) employment screening 
C) treatment of sexual offenders 
D) management of sexual offenders 
E) court to assess the credibility of witnesses 
A) police investigations 
B) employment screening 
C) treatment of sexual offenders 
D) management of sexual offenders 
E) court to assess the credibility of witnesses

Question 19

Which of the following is true of the polygraph?

Accepted Answer

A) Polygraph results are regularly admitted as evidence in Canadian courts. 
B) The most common polygraph method used currently is the Comparison Question Test (CQT). 
C) The polygraph directly measures whether a person is lying. 
D) Research indicates that physical countermeasures are largely ineffective in "beating" the polygraph. 
E) Research conducted thus far indicates the polygraph is highly accurate at detecting deception. 
A) Polygraph results are regularly admitted as evidence in Canadian courts. 
B) The most common polygraph method used currently is the Comparison Question Test (CQT). 
C) The polygraph directly measures whether a person is lying. 
D) Research indicates that physical countermeasures are largely ineffective in "beating" the polygraph. 
E) Research conducted thus far indicates the polygraph is highly accurate at detecting deception.

Question 20

According to research findings,the most probable explanation of malingering is captured by:

Accepted Answer

A) a pathogenic model 
B) a criminological model 
C) an adaptational model 
D) an antisocial model 
E) none of the above 
A) a pathogenic model 
B) a criminological model 
C) an adaptational model 
D) an antisocial model 
E) none of the above

Exam 4: A: Deception

Research on the accuracy of online dating profiles has found the following is true.

What was the major conclusion drawn by Rosenham (1973)on the research involving the hospitalization of pseudo-patients?

A patient who actually has schizophrenia denies his auditory hallucinations when questioned by doctors.This patient is likely exhibiting:

Which of the following is an indicator of malingered psychosis?

One disadvantage of using field studies to study deception in criminal suspects is that:

What self-report questionnaire has been most widely utilized in studies of malingering by examining validity scales (i.e.,faking bad)?

Which statement is true of the ethical aspects of research on malingering?

When using an ERP to detect deception,guilty suspects should respond to crime-relevant events and details with a large __________ relative to noncrime-relevant events.

The polygraph measures

"During the first 20 years of your life,did you ever think of seriously hurting someone?" This is an example of what type of polygraph question?

Which one of the following statements concerning deception detection is accurate?

The Comparison Question Test has been criticized for:

Which of the following statements is false?

Which verbal indicator has been most strongly associated with deception?

In a study by McCabe,Castel,and Rhodes (2011),which type of lie detection test was associated with the greatest number of guilty verdicts returned by mock jurors?

Which model postulates that offenders with antisocial personality disorder are more likely to malinger than other offenders?

In Canada the polygraph is used primarily in which context?

Which of the following is true of the polygraph?

According to research findings,the most probable explanation of malingering is captured by:

A: An Introduction to Forensic Psychology

B: An Introduction to Forensic Psychology

A: Police Psychology

B: Police Psychology

A: The Psychology of Police Investigations

B: The Psychology of Police Investigations

B: Deception

A: Eyewitness Testimony

B: Eyewitness Testimony

A: Child Victims and Witnesses

B: Child Victims and Witnesses

A: Juries: Fact Finders

B: Juries: Fact Finders

A: The Role of Mental Illness in Court

B: The Role of Mental Illness in Court

A: Sentencing and Parole in Canada

B: Sentencing and Parole in Canada

A: Risk Assessment

B: Risk Assessment

A: Psychopaths

B: Psychopaths

A: Assessment and Treatment of Young Offenders

B: Assessment and Treatment of Young Offenders

A: Intimate Partner Violence

B: Intimate Partner Violence

A: Sexual Offenders

B: Sexual Offenders

A: Homicidal Offenders

B: Homicidal Offenders

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