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As a rule, _____ approaches have been found to be superior to _____ approaches.

When reviewing sexual abuse testimony given by children at trial, it appears that jurors _____ the testimony of children in sexual abuse cases.

When psychology and law are discussed as embodying different cultures, the following underlying cultural differences are viewed as most important:

The process of drawing inferences about a suspect’s personality, behavior, motivation, and demographic characteristics based on the crime scene information is referred to as:

After an intense interrogation process, Matthew became convinced that he robbed the store since all physical evidence pointed at him. This form of false confession is called an:

A fingerprint examiner’s decision about a match may be influenced by whether he is told the suspect has confessed to the crime. This tendency to seek out information that supports one’s beliefs is known as:

Many people believe that profiling is effective in solving crimes. These perceptions are:

Fingerprint evidence is _____ for jurors to understand because, unlike DNA analysis information, it does not involve _____.

Which of the following events have prompted psychologists to conduct additional research on and develop new techniques for eliciting accurate reports of abuse?

Jack was extremely uncomfortable with admitting to a crime against a minor so he kept denying any involvement. The interrogator has been very understanding and nice, and suggested that Jack had committed the crime without realizing the victim was a minor, since she looked so mature and acted like an adult. This situation illustrates a combination of which influence strategies inherent in the Reid technique?