MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.Which of the following was not a contributing factor to the renewed interest in research on child witnesses in the 1970s?
a.Expert psychological testimony was becoming more acceptable in the courtroom.
b.Social scientists were interested in research that could be applied to real-world problems.
c.There was increased interest by social scientists in applied research.
d.There was increase in adult eyewitness research.
e.All of the above were contributing factors to the renewed interest in child witness research.
2. Research suggests that the accuracy of children’s reporting is highly dependent on:
a.how they are asked to report
b.what they are asked to report
c.who interviews them
d.where they are interviewed
e.all of the above
3. In the context of an interview with a child in which abuse is suspected, a question such as, “Did the man touch you?” is an example of a(n):
a.ambiguous question
b.suggestive question
c.direct question
d.open-ended question
e.prejudicial question
4. Which of the following statements is false with respect to direct questioning techniques used with children?
a.Both multiple choice and yes/no questions generally do not encourage high levels of accuracy.
b.Children are more likely to respond with “I don’t know” to wh-questions.
c.In multiple choice questions, children are biased toward selecting the first option listed.
d.Older children are more resistant to leading questions of this type than younger children.
e.Direct questions are often necessary to prompt information from children.
5. The theory that explains children’s suggestibility by exploring the social characteristics of the interview process itself is called:
a.cognitive influence
b.social domination
c.social compliance
d.social suggestibility
e.adult compliance
6. Which of the following statements is false concerning the cognitive processes of children?
a.Children and adults forget information in the same way.
b.Children and adults are different in terms of retention of information.
c.Children can misattribute where information comes from.
d.Children store information differently than adults.
e.none of the above statements are false.
7. In your text, some problems have been identified with respect to use of anatomically detailed dolls to diagnose child sexual abuse. One of these problems is that:
a.research conducted on the use of anatomically detailed dolls is conclusive in the finding that children given these props consistently provide more inaccurate details than those children who are not given the dolls
b.many young children have difficulty correctly recognizing and identifying the anatomy of the dolls
c.while a scoring procedure has been developed to score a child’s interaction with the doll, this procedure has not been subject to much empirical testing
d.there is no standardization for what dolls should look like
e.all of the above options are correct
8. Criterion-Based Content Analysis (CBCA) is part of which more comprehensive protocol?
a.step-wise interview
b.narrative elaboration
c.cognitive interview
d.statement validity analysis
e.National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Interview protocol
9. What is the underlying assumption of the Criterion-Based Content Analysis (CBCA)?
a.Descriptions of real events differ in quality and content from memories that are fabricated.
b.Children are likely to lie when interviewed by an adult.
c.Pressure techniques aid at distinguishing truth from lies.
d.Non-verbal actions allow an interviewer to distinguish truthful reports.
e.Wh-questions aid at distinguishing truth from lies.
10. Select the correct order of the following “steps” employed in the Step-Wise Interview:
a.rapport building, explaining truth, general questions, free narrative
b.explaining truth, rapport building, general questions, free narrative
c.explaining truth, free narrative, general questions, recall of non-abuse events
d.explaining truth, rapport building, free narrative, general questions
e.rapport building, explaining truth, free narrative, general questions
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