Lesson 6.4.1

6.4.1 Key question: eyewitness testimony and jury bias Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Psychology, Unit 6

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The 20 questions

  1. Which topic forms a specification key question for criminological psychology?

    • Anorexia media influences
    • Phobia acquisition mechanisms
    • Eyewitness testimony reliability
    • Schizophrenia biological causes

  2. Which psychological factor during a criminal trial involves jurors forming premature opinions about the defendant?

    • Pre-trial publicity
    • Weapon focus
    • Cognitive interview
    • Leading questions

  3. How must a key question in criminological psychology be discussed according to the specification?

    • Historical case study
    • Theoretical debate only
    • Contemporary societal issue
    • Purely academic argument

  4. What should students use to support their discussion of a key question?

    • Fictional media portrayals
    • Theories and studies
    • Unsubstantiated public surveys
    • Personal moral opinions

  5. Which factor directly reduces the accuracy of eyewitness testimony?

    • High ecological validity
    • Standardised instructions
    • Weapon focus
    • Semantic encoding

  6. Which police procedure helps improve the accuracy of eyewitness testimony?

    • Cognitive interview
    • Showup identification
    • Leading questioning
    • Repeated interrogation

  7. Which factor can cause jury bias during a criminal trial?

    • Counterbalancing conditions
    • Double-blind testing
    • Standardised interviewing
    • Pre-trial publicity

  8. What is the main argument for abolishing juries due to jury bias?

    • Unfair trial verdicts
    • Lengthy trial delays
    • Excessive financial costs
    • Low public interest

  9. Which argument defends keeping the jury system despite potential bias?

    • Guaranteed absolute accuracy
    • Community participation
    • Zero financial cost
    • Elimination of bias

  10. What term describes the contamination of eyewitness memory caused by post-event discussions between witnesses?

    • Memory conformity
    • Group polarisation
    • Deindividuation
    • Social loafing

  11. Which type of evidence best tests real-world eyewitness reliability?

    • Computer simulations
    • Field studies
    • Hypothetical surveys
    • Animal studies

  12. What logical flaw occurs when discounting all eyewitness testimony based on a single inaccurate witness?

    • Experimenter bias
    • Ethical breach
    • Demand characteristics
    • Overgeneralisation

  13. What should be included at the end of a key question discussion?

    • Personal anecdotal story
    • Reasoned conclusion
    • Raw data set
    • Summary of methods

  14. What legal intervention can reduce jury bias without abolishing juries?

    • Judicial directions
    • Suspending legal aid
    • Bypassing trials entirely
    • Mandatory imprisonment

  15. What societal outcome can occur when unreliable eyewitness testimony is used in court?

    • Miscarriages of justice
    • Increased court fees
    • Longer jury service
    • Reduced police funding

  16. Which main social concern arises if jury bias influences court verdicts?

    • Lack of evidence
    • High financial costs
    • Unfair trials
    • Increased crime rates

  17. How does the weapon focus effect reduce the accuracy of eyewitness testimony?

    • Causes permanent amnesia
    • Improves perpetrator identification
    • Reduces detail recall
    • Increases false confessions

  18. Which key question in criminological psychology addresses jury bias?

    • Increasing police powers
    • Abolishing prison sentences
    • Mandatory life sentences
    • Abolishing jury trials

  19. What alters eyewitness memory according to research into eyewitness unreliability?

    • Post-event information
    • Weapon maintenance
    • Genetic predisposition
    • Jury deliberation

  20. What instruction do judges give to help jurors ignore pre-existing personal biases?

    • Plea bargaining
    • Judicial direction
    • Forensic profiling
    • Pre-trial publicity

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