Lesson 6.6.1

6.6.1 Issues and debates in criminological psychology Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Psychology, Unit 6

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The 20 questions

  1. Which ethical issue commonly arises during field experiments on eyewitness testimony?

    • Informed consent given
    • Lack of debriefing
    • High ecological validity
    • Right to withdraw

  2. Why must researchers into jury decision-making use mock juries rather than real ones?

    • Lack of volunteers
    • High participant cost
    • Real trials restricted
    • Mock juries illegal

  3. Why are biological explanations of criminal behaviour considered reductionist?

    • Overcomplicate behaviour
    • Lack empirical data
    • Ignore social factors
    • Use scientific methods

  4. Comparing biological and social learning explanations of crime addresses which psychological debate?

    • Reductionism versus holism
    • Nature versus nurture
    • Psychology as science
    • Ethical considerations

  5. Which debate examines whether criminological psychology uses empirical and objective research methods?

    • Nature versus nurture
    • Ethnocentrism
    • Reductionism versus holism
    • Psychology as a science

  6. In criminological psychology, which factor represents the nurture side of criminal behaviour?

    • Brain structure
    • Hormonal imbalance
    • Genetic inheritance
    • Social learning

  7. What is a key practical disadvantage of using mock juries in psychological research?

    • High ethical cost
    • Low ecological validity
    • Illegal procedures
    • Unscientific findings

  8. Staging a fake crime to test eyewitness memory creates which primary ethical concern?

    • Psychological distress
    • Breach of copyright
    • Observer bias
    • Demand characteristics

  9. How can juror gender or cultural background influence trial outcomes?

    • Eliminated bias
    • Faster verdicts
    • Improved memory recall
    • Pre-existing prejudice

  10. How has psychological understanding of eyewitness reliability changed over time?

    • Decreased lab testing
    • Abolition of courts
    • Complete court reliance
    • Increased memory scepticism

  11. Using psychological interventions to enforce societal norms on offenders illustrates which concept?

    • Cultural bias
    • Social control
    • Biological determinism
    • Social learning

  12. What is a major ethical issue when studying witnesses under stress in real court trials?

    • Deception
    • Lack of consent
    • Confidentiality breach
    • Protection from harm

  13. Which limitation applies to biological explanations that ignore social factors in offending?

    • Observer bias
    • Biological reductionism
    • Cultural bias
    • Ethical breach

  14. Which process occurs when an individual internalises an offender label and continues committing crime?

    • Vicarious reinforcement
    • Operant conditioning
    • Self-fulfilling prophecy
    • Classical conditioning

  15. Using mock trials in juror research illustrates which key issue?

    • Social control
    • Reductionism
    • Practical issues
    • Ethical issues

  16. Which debate questions whether offending is caused by inherited genes or environment?

    • Free will versus determinism
    • Reductionism versus holism
    • Nature versus nurture
    • Idiographic versus nomothetic

  17. Which psychological technique was developed to improve the accuracy and reliability of witness statements?

    • Cognitive interview
    • Token economy
    • Anger management
    • Systematic desensitisation

  18. What is a main practical limitation of using simulated trials to study juror decision-making?

    • Lack of consequences
    • Inability to replicate
    • Ethical disapproval
    • High financial cost

  19. Which issue can severely skew the conclusions drawn from a meta-analysis?

    • Informed consent
    • Random sampling
    • Publication bias
    • Participant attrition

  20. Eyewitness research supports psychology as a science mainly through which method?

    • Subjective case studies
    • Qualitative observations
    • Controlled experiments
    • Unstructured interviews

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