Question 1

A patient who actually has schizophrenia denies his auditory hallucinations when questioned by doctors.This patient is likely exhibiting:

Accepted Answer

A)  defensiveness 
B)  Munchausen syndrome by proxy 
C)  factitious disorder 
D)  somatoform disorder 
E)  malingering

Question 2

What rare disorder tends to co-occur with depression and/or anxiety?

Accepted Answer

A)  malingering 
B)  Munchausen syndrome 
C)  Munchausen syndrome by proxy 
D)  factitious disorder 
E)  somatoform disorder

Question 3

In Canada the polygraph is used primarily in which context?

Accepted Answer

A)  police investigations 
B)  employment screening 
C)  treatment of sexual offenders 
D)  management of sexual offenders 
E)  court to assess the credibility of witnesses

Question 4

One advantage of using laboratory studies to test the accuracy of the polygraph is that __________; one disadvantage is __________ as compared to field studies.

Accepted Answer

A)  you have better control over the variables / ground truth cannot be established 
B)  ground truth is known / the motivational level of the subject 
C)  you can randomly assign subjects to innocent and guilty conditions / you have more control over the variables 
D)  university students are used / the motivational level of the subject 
E)  you can randomly assign subjects to innocent and guilty conditions / it is unethical

Question 5

Describe the four phases of a Comparison Question Test (CQT).Make sure you identify the purpose of each phase.

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Your text identifies several cues of malingered psychosis.Identify three cues associated with hallucinations and three cues associated with delusions.

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

Which of the following is an indicator of malingered psychosis?

Accepted Answer

A)  report of blunted affect 
B)  reported ability to "make the voices go away" 
C)  reporting negative symptoms of psychosis 
D)  eagerness to discuss delusions 
E)  hallucinations in colour

Question 8

Which of the following statements is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Liars consistently provide fewer details than truth-tellers. 
B)  Truth-tellers are less likely to change their stories. 
C)  Liars are less likely to admit to lack of memory. 
D)  Liars' stories are less fluent than the stories of truth-tellers. 
E)  Liars tell less compelling stories than truth-tellers.

Question 9

The incidence of malingering in the general population is:

Accepted Answer

A)  less than 1% 
B)  about 5% 
C)  about 10% 
D)  about 20% 
E)  unknown

Question 10

According to research findings,the most probable explanation of malingering is captured by:

Accepted Answer

A)  a pathogenic model 
B)  a criminological model 
C)  an adaptational model 
D)  an antisocial model 
E)  none of the above

Question 11

Which of the following has not been found effective as a countermeasure to "beat" the polygraph test?

Accepted Answer

A)  tongue-biting 
B)  pressing toes on the floor 
C)  counting backwards 
D)  anti-anxiety drugs 
E)  all of the above have been found effective as countermeasures

Question 12

Give two explanations for poor performance in deception detection.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

Most research on malingering uses a ___________ design.

Accepted Answer

A)  known-groups 
B)  simulation 
C)  case study 
D)  cross-sequential 
E)  cross-sectional

Question 14

When using brain-based polygraph techniques,what does ERP stand for?

Accepted Answer

A)  emotional response pattern 
B)  event response pattern 
C)  event-related brain potential 
D)  emotional-related brain potential 
E)  none of the above

Question 15

What disorder consists of symptoms that are not intentionally produced but cannot be explained by an underlying biological impairment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Munchausen syndrome 
B)  malingering disorder 
C)  factitious disorder 
D)  somatoform disorder 
E)  non-deceptive disorder

Question 16

What was the major conclusion drawn by Rosenham (1973)on the research involving the hospitalization of pseudo-patients?

Accepted Answer

A)  All pseudo-patients were correctly identified by hospital staff. 
B)  None of the pseudo-patients were correctly identified by hospital staff. 
C)  About half the pseudo-patients were correctly identified by hospital staff. 
D)  Pseudo-patients came to internalize their symptoms to such an extent that their condition progressively worsened during their hospital stay. 
E)  none of the above

Question 17

Which malingering measure has been extensively validated using both simulation and known-group design studies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS) 
B)  Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) 
C)  M Test 
D)  F Scale Test 
E)  Symptom Validity Test

Question 18

Several types of studies may be used to validate polygraph techniques.Which type of study would likely involve a comparison of the accuracy between original examiners and blind evaluators,using actual criminal suspects?

Accepted Answer

A)  field analogue study 
B)  laboratory study 
C)  ground truth study 
D)  guilty knowledge study 
E)  field study

Question 19

In general,how accurate do people tend to be when using verbal and non-verbal behaviour to detect deception (where a value of 100% indicates that they can accurately discriminate between truthful people and deceptive people all of the time)?

Accepted Answer

A)  under 10% 
B)  between 25% and 35% 
C)  between 45% and 65% 
D)  around 25% 
E)  around 90%

Question 20

Research on the accuracy of online dating profiles has found the following is true.

Accepted Answer

A)  Online daters are most likely to lie about whether they are married, divorced, or single. 
B)  Online daters are most likely to lie about the number of children they have. 
C)  Online daters provide most accurate information about their height and weight. 
D)  Online daters are most accurate about whether they had children. 
E)  Online daters always include a photo of themselves in order to increase their odds of finding a match.

Exam 4: Deception