Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The psychological autopsy attempts to reconstruct the deceased person’s state of mind prior to his or her death.
2. Highly unique faces are easier to identify than plain or average faces.
3. The earliest forms of crime scene profiling were based on clinical data.
4. Developmental and forensic psychologists have long known that adolescents are fundamentally the same as adults biologically, cognitively, and psychologically.
5. Police officers and psychologists are often no more accurate than laypersons in detecting deception in adults.


1. True
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True

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