Chapter 9 Test Questions

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. An example of a justification defense is:

Victim consent correct incorrect

Legal insanity correct incorrect

Mental disability correct incorrect

Duress correct incorrect

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. DNA evidence is used overwhelmingly in issues of:

Guilt and innocence correct incorrect

Mitigation correct incorrect

Affirmative defense correct incorrect

Both A and B correct incorrect

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. Brain imaging is used solely to address issues of:

Guilt and innocence correct incorrect

Mitigation correct incorrect

Affirmative defense correct incorrect

Both A and B correct incorrect

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. The MAOA gene is the most frequently used gene as a mitigating factor in murder cases.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. This technique is used to greatly amplify the number of copies of a DNA sample from a crime scene to get enough copies for testing:

Electrophoresis correct incorrect

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) correct incorrect

fMRI correct incorrect

MRI correct incorrect

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. This procedure allows us to see functioning of the brain in real time:

MRI correct incorrect

CAT Scan correct incorrect

EEG correct incorrect

fMRI correct incorrect

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. A mistake in logic made when one makes an inference about individuals deduced from aggregate statistical data derived from the group to which he or she belongs is called:

Stereotyping correct incorrect

Racism correct incorrect

Ecological fallacy correct incorrect

Affirmative defense correct incorrect

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. Brain scanning tells us the probable state of the subject's mind at the time of the scan; it cannot settle matters of legal responsibility entirely.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Having a relatively inactive amygdala signals a relative lack of:

Empathy correct incorrect

Fear correct incorrect

Shame correct incorrect

Guilt correct incorrect