Exam Questions

Here are some Psychology and Crime past exam questions for you to get stuck into. I personally find these really useful, expecially if you work with your teacher by getting them to mark your answers. They make a really good revision tool, rather than learning 20 pages of notes. You can download a pack of exam questions here.

Section A

1.a) Outline one technique used to produce an offender profile [6 marks]
1.b) Evaluate the effectiveness of techniques used to produce and offender profile [10 marks]

2.a) Describe one study of the social psychology of the criminal [6 marks]
2.b) Evaluate methods used to investigate the social psychology of the criminal [10 marks]

3.a) Describe one laboratory study of eyewitness testimony [6 marks]
3.b) Compare and contrast the laboratory method tro study eyewitness testimony with one alternative method [10 marks]

4.a) Describe one study which demonstrates the development of moral and legal judgement in children [6 marks]
4.b) Discuss the use of children in psychological studies of crime [10 marks]

Section B

1.a) Describe what psychologists have found out about crime-victim interaction [10 marks[
1.b) Evaluate what psychologists have found out about crime-victim interaction [16 marks]
1.c) The police are trying to design a leaflet to encourage people to report crime. Using your knowledge of crime-victim interaction to suggest what factors they should consider. Give reasons for your answer [8 marks]

2.a) Describe what psychologists have found out about the psychology of testimony [10 marks]
2.b) Evaluate what psychologists have found out about the psychology of testimony [16 marks]
2.c) Using your psychological knowledge, suggest ways of helping a witness recall the scenen of an armed robbery [8 marks]

3.a) Describe the jury decision-making process [ 10 marks]
3.b) Discuss the jury decision-making process [16 marks]
3.c) If you were a member of a jury, suggest what rules you mae make for yourself to prevent you from making the wrong decision. Give reasons for your answers [8 marks]

4.a) Consider psychological studies of offender profiling [10 marks]
4.b) Evaluate psychological studies of offender profiling [16 marks]
4.c) Suggest what aims of profiling should be. Give reasons for your answer [8 marks]