Exam 11: Section 3: Battered Woman Syndrome, Rape Trauma Syndrome, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

One should be especially skeptical about claims of recovered memories in all of the following cases EXCEPT:

In sexual abuse cases, jurors are more likely to believe _____ because younger children _____.

Which of the following is NOT a type of prompt recommended in NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol?

The notion that traumatic memories can be pushed out of conscious awareness is called:

In the case of Maryland v. Craig (1990), the Supreme Court allowed the use of _____for child witnesses.

Loftus (1997) was able to "implant" memories of being "lost in the mall" in what percentage of participants?

The case of Paul Ingram is unusual because:

Extensive research shows that the use of anatomically detailed dolls:

One of the situations when most states allow hearsay testimony at trial is when:

Subsequent experiments by Hyman et al. (1995) were designed to "implant" memories of even more unusual events than being "lost in the mall." What percent of participants did eventually come to believe these memories were real?

There were several experiments conducted by researchers to evaluate children's susceptibility to suggestive questioning. These studies probably underestimate the children's tendency to agree with misleading questions for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Researchers analyzed interviews with actual child victims of sexual abuse, which revealed that the presumed child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome (CSAAS) is largely not confirmed in abused children: Most children disclose abuse _____ and _____ later recant that the abuse ever occurred.

All of the following are the reasons for underreporting of child sexual abuse EXCEPT:

Substantial research now shows that the interviewers in many of the preschool cases ____, and this made the interviewers question children more _____ to confirm their preexisting suspicions.

What was the outcome in the Wee Care Nursery School case?