While popular with audiences, television shows about criminal profilers and crime-scene investigation generally misrepresent the job of a typical _______________ psychologist
FIll in the blank with correct word.
Answer: forensic
Rationale: Forensic psychology encompasses work in the criminal justice system, including interactions with the legal system and its professionals. The field is often glorified in movies and TV as criminal profiling and investigation, but it is in most cases is a practical profession involving very little of what is portrayed in these shows.
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a. self-image and ideal self. b. id and ego. c. ego ideal and conscience. d. psychosexual stages and psychosocial stages.
Compared to effectiveness studies, efficacy studies of psychotherapy outcome
A. typically have stronger internal validity. B. typically include a wider variety of clients with more complex diagnostic profiles. C. typically have stronger external validity. D. are best conducted in private practice settings.
A group of scientists notices that people who smoke often develop cancer later in life. To test this, they design a longitudinal study in which they take note of how many cigarettes each participant smokes each day, how many years each participant smokes, and whether he or she develops any kind of cancer at any point. What type of study is this?
A. an experimental study B. a correlational study C. a case study D. a survey study
Encouraging individuals to think of obsessions without allowing them to engage in compulsive behavior is the gist of the _____ technique
a) aversion therapy b) flooding c) systematic desensitization d) exposure and response prevention