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Chapter 6: Family Law and Other Forms of Civil Litigation
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. A forensic psychologist who has been appointed by family court to provide emotional support during a divorce proceeding is playing the role of ______.
A. coach
B. review expert
C. consultant
D. mediator
Learning Objective: 6-1: Describe the roles and responsibilities of psychologists working with civil courts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Family or Domestic Courts
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Why are family courts often considered dangerous places for court officers, other court personnel, and participants?
A. They are often the setting for the most violent types of crimes.
B. Litigants are often represented by overzealous attorneys.
C. There is typically little security, especially at entry points.
D. The issues involve a high degree of emotion and stress.
Learning Objective: 6-1: Describe the roles and responsibilities of psychologists working with civil courts.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Family or Domestic Courts
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Who makes the custody decision in the majority of divorce cases involving dependent children?
A. the consulting psychologist
B. the parents
C. the judge
D. the child(ren)
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Child Custody Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Who governs the rules for obtaining a divorce?
A. state laws
B. mental health professionals
C. federal laws
D. the courts
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Child Custody Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Research suggests that ______ are the most common examiners involved in custody evaluations.
A. psychiatrists
B. attorneys
C. psychologists
D. social workers
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Child Custody Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Alex and Sam are working together on a divorce case that involves one minor child. Alex is a family law attorney representing one of the litigants and Sam is the forensic psychologist conducting the custody evaluation. Which component of Sam’s evaluation will Alex find most important?
A. psychological testing of the child
B. psychological testing of the parents
C. recommendations concerning custodial arrangements
D. recommendations to collateral sources such as schools
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Child Custody Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Hard
7. Which standard for determining child custody presumes that the child is best left in the care of the mother?
A. best interest of the child standard
B. tender years doctrine
C. least detrimental alternative standard
D. golden nurturer doctrine
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Custody Standards
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Today, the ______ has replaced the ______ as the child custody standard.
A. best interest of the child standard; tender years doctrine
B. tender years doctrine; best interest of the child
C. least detrimental alternative standard; golden nurturer doctrine
D. golden nurturer doctrine; least detrimental alternative
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Custody Standards
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Dr. Goodman is a forensic psychologist who has been asked to answer the ultimate issue question in a child custody case. What is this question?
A. Which parent should be given custody of the child?
B. Does the child have potential for future violent behavior?
C. Does the child meet criteria for juvenile psychopathy?
D. Which parent has committed a crime?
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Custody Standards
Difficulty Level: Hard
10. What significant change occurred in child custody evaluations between 1997 and 2008?
A. an increase in the use of personality measures
B. an increase in projective instruments that didn’t meet the Daubert standard
C. the more frequent use of intelligence and aptitude testing of children
D. the more frequent use of interviewing extended family members
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Methods of Evaluation in Child Custody Cases
Difficulty Level: Hard
11. What is a criticism of many testing instruments that are used for custody evaluations?
A. They cause numerous adverse effects for children.
B. They don’t address the ultimate issue.
C. Their reliability has not been demonstrated.
D. They are not used appropriately by evaluators.
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Methods of Evaluation in Child Custody Cases
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. In which situation would a psychologist most likely be asked to conduct a visitation risk assessment?
A. when a custodial parent challenges the visitation rights of a noncustodial parent
B. at the beginning of the divorce proceeding and before custody has been determined
C. when parents separate and were never married
D. during a child custody evaluation
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Visitation Risk Assessments
Difficulty Level: Hard
13. Which of the following is an example of legal parental authority?
A. allowing a child to play at a friend’s house
B. permitting the child’s involvement in school sports
C. letting a teenager borrow the car
D. choosing a child’s pediatrician
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Research on Custody Arrangements
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. What is the most common custody arrangement in the United States?
A. divided custody
B. sole custody
C. joint custody
D. split custody
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Research on Custody Arrangements
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. Which statement is correct about termination of parental rights?
A. It is a court decision that has increased dramatically in recent years.
B. Parental rights are terminated while a parent is imprisoned.
C. Termination is rare and requires exceptional circumstances.
D. A mother’s rights may not be terminated, but a father’s rights may be.
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Research on Custody Arrangements
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. In Troxel v. Granville (2000), the Supreme Court denied ______ a constitutional right to visit their minor relative.
A. legal parents
B. grandparents
C. incarcerated parents
D. siblings
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Child Custody Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. Which statement accurately summarizes research findings on the effects of divorce on children?
A. Sole custody is the optimal custody arrangement for both parents and children.
B. Children are best served when they have strong and healthy relationships with both parents.
C. The financial standard of living rises precipitously for most children following divorce.
D. Most children of divorced parents are resilient and show no long-term negative effects from the experience.
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Child Custody Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Hard
18. Sue has been offered a job in a city far away. Sue has four minor children: Val aged 5, Nic aged 7, Stella aged 10, and Millie aged 15. According to available research, which child is more likely to show better adjustment to the move?
A. Val, 5
B. Nic, 7
C. Stella, 10
D. Millie, 15
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Parental Relocation
Difficulty Level: Hard
19. According to the least detrimental alternative standard, psychological knowledge can best be used in child custody arrangements by helping to determine which ______.
A. custody arrangement will do the least harm
B. parent would be the better caregiver
C. living situation would make the child the happiest
D. caregiver supports the child’s personality
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Custody Standards
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. A proven wrongful act that may be subject to recoverable damages in a civil lawsuit is called a(n) ______.
A. codicil
B. proceeding
C. evaluation
D. tort
Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss the roles of psychologists and neuropsychologists in evaluating civil capacities.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Forensic Psychology and Civil Litigation
Difficulty Level: Easy
21. Imagine you are a forensic psychologist who has been retained by an attorney for the plaintiff in a civil injury case. Which step would you take first?
A. determine whether or not the plaintiff meets the DSM-V criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder
B. evaluate which type of damages the defendant should receive, compensatory or punitive damages
C. determine the specific behavior the defendant used to harm the plaintiff
D. evaluate the type and degree of harm suffered by the plaintiff
Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss the roles of psychologists and neuropsychologists in evaluating civil capacities.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Forensic Psychology and Civil Litigation
Difficulty Level: Hard
22. Deterring the defendant from further harmful action and discouraging others from committing similar harmful acts in the future are the main goals of ______ damages.
A. compensatory
B. exculpatory
C. punitive
D. vindictive
Learning Objective: 6-4: Identify the many facets of personal injury claims, particularly those relating to employment.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Forensic Psychology and Civil Litigation
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. Dr. Tom is a forensic psychologist who has been asked to evaluate the scope of damages for a plaintiff who has suffered a traumatic brain injury. Dr. Tom likely specializes in ______.
A. neuropathy
B. neuropsychology
C. neurapraxia
D. neuroforensics
Learning Objective: 6-4: Identify the many facets of personal injury claims, particularly those relating to employment.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Neuropsychological Damages
Difficulty Level: Hard
24. Which type of capacity is often evaluated retrospectively?
A. capacity to consent to treatment
B. mental capacity
C. capacity to withdraw treatment
D. testamentary capacity
Learning Objective: 6-5: Analyze the issues involving competence to consent to treatment.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Testamentary Capacity
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. Knowing the nature and extent of one’s property and an awareness of the nature and relationship of those who may be beneficiaries are elements of ______.
A. civil capacity
B. testamentary capacity
C. tort competence
D. litigable competence
Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss the roles of psychologists and neuropsychologists in evaluating civil capacities.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Testamentary Capacity
Difficulty Level: Medium
26. What is the standard of proof for most civil cases?
A. beyond a reasonable doubt
B. preponderance of evidence
C. clear and convincing evidence
D. nolo contendere
Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss the roles of psychologists and neuropsychologists in evaluating civil capacities.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Civil Capacities
Difficulty Level: Easy
27. The procedure for assessing testamentary capacity is similar to a ______.
A. civil commitment hearing
B. psychological autopsy
C. child custody evaluation
D. risk assessment
Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss the roles of psychologists and neuropsychologists in evaluating civil capacities.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Testamentary Capacity
Difficulty Level: Medium
28. Psychologists evaluating plaintiffs who allege they have suffered harm are advised to focus on ______ in their reports rather than ______.
A. the plaintiff; the defendant
B. the defendant; the plaintiff
C. functional impairments; psychiatric diagnoses
D. psychiatric diagnoses; functional impairments
Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss the roles of psychologists and neuropsychologists in evaluating civil capacities.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Forensic Psychology and Civil Litigation
Difficulty Level: Hard
29. Research suggests that the most problematic element of informed consent is ______.
A. competency
B. mental state
C. coercion
C. disclosure
Learning Objective: 6-5: Analyze the issues involving competence to consent to treatment.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Competence to Consent to Treatment
Difficulty Level: Easy
30. A psychological test used for a personal injury claim cannot determine ______.
A. neuropsychological damages due to a traumatic brain injury
B. one’s psychological functioning and level of adjustment
C. whether an injury is derived from personality factors
D. the extent of a mental injury
Learning Objective: 6-4: Identify the many facets of personal injury claims, particularly those relating to employment.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Psychological Tests Used for Personal Injury Claims
Difficulty Level: Hard
31. According to the research, which psychological instrument is superior in personal injury litigation?
A. MMPI-2
B. fMRI
C. STATIC-99
D. MacCAT-T
Learning Objective: 6-4: Identify the many facets of personal injury claims, particularly those relating to employment.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Psychological Tests Used for Personal Injury Claims
Difficulty Level: Medium
32. Which instrument is intended to measure a person’s competence to consent to treatment?
A. SCAT
B. CAST-MR
C. MacCAT-T
D. PASAAR
Learning Objective: 6-5: Analyze the issues involving competence to consent to treatment.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Measures of Competence to Consent to Treatment
Difficulty Level: Easy
32. In re Quinlan (1976) and Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (1990) were two cases which highlighted the importance of which document?
A. competency assessments
B. hastened death evaluations
C. testamentary wills
D. advance directives
Learning Objective: 6-5: Analyze the issues involving competence to consent to treatment.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Incapacitation: Special Condition
Difficulty Level: Medium
33. Gretchen has decided to complete a legal document to make her health wishes known, should she become physically incapacitated. Gretchen is working on a(n) ______.
A. advance directive
B. competency evaluation
C. death with dignity application
D. treatment assessment tool
Learning Objective: 6-5: Analyze the issues involving competence to consent to treatment.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Competence to Consent to Treatment
Difficulty Level: Medium
34. What burden of proof is required for involuntary civil commitment of a mentally disordered individual?
A. reasonable suspicion
B. clear and convincing evidence
C. beyond a reasonable doubt
D. preponderance of the evidence
Learning Objective: 6-6: Examine the many questions and problems concerning involuntary civil commitment.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Involuntary Civil Commitment
Difficulty Level: Easy
35. What burden of proof is required for involuntary civil commitment of an individual with an intellectual disability?
A. reasonable suspicion
B. clear and convincing evidence
C. beyond a reasonable doubt
D. preponderance of the evidence
Learning Objective: 6-6: Examine the many questions and problems concerning involuntary civil commitment.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Involuntary Civil Commitment
Difficulty Level: Easy
36. Which controversial type of outpatient civil commitment is designed for individuals who don’t qualify for the dangerousness standard but need treatment to prevent further deterioration?
A. conditional release
B. reasonable woman
C. least restrictive alternative
D. preventive commitment
Learning Objective: 6-6: Examine the many questions and problems concerning involuntary civil commitment.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Outpatient Civil Commitment
Difficulty Level: Medium
37. Compared to sexual harassment, gender harassment ______.
A. is usually not as degrading
B. doesn’t necessitate unwelcome sexual advances
C. involves subjective, not objectively offensive behavior
D. doesn’t involve a hostile environment
Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain the challenges of psychologists and other mental health professionals in evaluating the effects of sexual and gender harassment.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Sexual and Gender Harassment
Difficulty Level: Hard
38. In order to qualify as illegal, sexual harassment must be ______ and ______.
A. irritating; offensive
B. severe; pervasive
C. subjective; humiliating
D. debilitating; unwanted
Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain the challenges of psychologists and other mental health professionals in evaluating the effects of sexual and gender harassment.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sexual and Gender Harassment
Difficulty Level: Medium
39. Sexual harassment is sex neutral. What does this mean?
A. Perpetrators are not interested in sex.
B. A victim’s sexual history is irrelevant.
C. Perpetrators don’t recognize gender roles.
D. Victims can be male or female.
Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain the challenges of psychologists and other mental health professionals in evaluating the effects of sexual and gender harassment.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sexual and Gender Harassment
Difficulty Level: Medium
40. Why must psychologists be especially cautious when assessing the need for involuntary civil commitment?
A. The presence of mental illness is difficult to ascertain.
B. There is a high risk of suicide following the evaluations.
C. Civil commitment involves the loss of many freedoms.
D. Most patients are represented by overzealous attorneys.
Learning Objective: 6-6: Examine the many questions and problems concerning involuntary civil commitment.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Involuntary Civil Commitment
Difficulty Level: Hard
41. What was the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Zinermon v. Burch, 1990?
A. Outpatient civil commitment of a mentally disabled individual must be brief yet intense.
B. At civil commitment hearings, mentally disabled individuals must be represented by a mental health advocate.
C. Sexually violent predators can be involuntarily hospitalized following their prison sentence.
D. Persons who are seriously mentally disabled are unable to consent voluntarily to being institutionalized.
Learning Objective: 6-6: Examine the many questions and problems concerning involuntary civil commitment.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Involuntary Civil Commitment
Difficulty Level: Easy
42. Sara’s parents are divorced. Sara lives with her mother for 2 weeks per month and her father for 2 weeks per month. Sara’s parents have a ______ custody arrangement.
A. sole
B. joint
C. split
D. divided
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Research on Custody Arrangements
Difficulty Level: Hard
43. Which of the following is a main goal of punitive damages?
A. to deter the defendant from further harmful action
B. to compensate for the harm suffered by the plaintiff
C. to ensure that a mentally disordered defendant receives treatment
D. to prevent a defendant from monetary gain
Learning Objective: 6-4: Identify the many facets of personal injury claims, particularly those relating to employment.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Forensic Psychology and Civil Litigation
Difficulty Level: Medium
44. The court uses the amount of caretaking that has occurred in the past from each parent to make a decision about the about of caretaking each parent will give in the future, this is referred to as
A. The approximation rule
B. The friendly-parent rule
C. The best interest of the child standard
D. Least detrimental alternative standard
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Custody Standards
Difficulty Level: Medium
45. A tort plaintiff must prove all of the following except ______.
A. Duty
B. breach
C. harm causality
D. intent
Learning Objective: 6-4: Identify the many facets of personal injury claims, particularly those relating to employment.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Forensic Psychology and Civil Litigation
Difficulty Level: Easy
46. With regard to involuntary civil commitment, ______ always has to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the individual is mentally ill and in need of treatment.
A. Lawyer
B. The concerned party
C. The judge
D. The doctor
Learning Objective: 6-6: Examine the many questions and problems concerning involuntary civil commitment.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Involuntary Civil Commitment
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. Parental rights are not terminated when parents of young children are incarcerated.
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Child Custody Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. In most civil cases, an established DSM-5 diagnosis is sufficient to establish that the plaintiff was harmed.
Learning Objective: 6-4: Identify the many facets of personal injury claims, particularly those relating to employment.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Forensic Psychology and Civil Litigation
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Plaintiffs in sexual harassment do not have to prove debilitating psychological deterioration.
Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain the challenges of psychologists and other mental health professionals in evaluating the effects of sexual and gender harassment.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sexual and Gender Harassment
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Advances in medical technology such as the MRI have made standardized neuropsychological tests obsolete in cases involving alleged neuropsychological damages.
Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss the roles of psychologists and neuropsychologists in evaluating civil capacities.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Neuropsychological Damages
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Family courts today do not handle juvenile delinquency proceedings.
Learning Objective: 6-1: Describe the roles and responsibilities of psychologists working with civil courts.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Chapter 6, Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. The best interest of the child means placing the child in the least restrictive environment.
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Custody Standards
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Litigants in family courts often do not have legal representation.
Learning Objective: 6-1: Describe the roles and responsibilities of psychologists working with civil courts.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Chapter 6, Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. It is possible for a person to be mentally disordered, yet still capable of making a will.
Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss the roles of psychologists and neuropsychologists in evaluating civil capacities.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Testamentary Capacity
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. In legal guardianship determinations, the burden of proof is on the person seeking guardianship.
Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss the roles of psychologists and neuropsychologists in evaluating civil capacities.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Legal Guardianship Determinations
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. An advance directive cannot be challenged in court.
Learning Objective: 6-5: Analyze the issues involving competence to consent to treatment.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Incapacitation: Special Condition
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. Involuntary civil commitment is illegal in most states.
Learning Objective: 6-6: Examine the many questions and problems concerning involuntary civil commitment.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Involuntary Civil Commitment
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Research shows that divorce has negative effects on most children, at least in the short term.
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Child Custody Evaluations
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that persons who are seriously mentally disordered are unable to consent voluntarily to being institutionalized.
Learning Objective: 6-6: Examine the many questions and problems concerning involuntary civil commitment.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Involuntary Civil Commitment
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. In order to be effective, outpatient civil commitment must involve brief and intense treatment.
Learning Objective: 6-6: Examine the many questions and problems concerning involuntary civil commitment.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Outpatient Civil Commitment
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. In employment and educational contexts, sexual harassment qualifies as discrimination.
Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain the challenges of psychologists and other mental health professionals in evaluating the effects of sexual and gender harassment.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sexual and Gender Harassment
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. Harassment is a form of discrimination.
Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain the challenges of psychologists and other mental health professionals in evaluating the effects of sexual and gender harassment.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sexual and Gender Harassment
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. Preventive outpatient treatment is synonymous with assisted outpatient treatment.
Learning Objective: 6-6: Examine the many questions and problems concerning involuntary civil commitment.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Outpatient Civil Commitment
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. In a sexual harassment case, an alleged victim can be compelled to undergo psychological or psychiatric evaluations, reports which can then be made available to the opposing party.
Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain the challenges of psychologists and other mental health professionals in evaluating the effects of sexual and gender harassment.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sexual and Gender Harassment
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. Tort is the legal term for a civil wrong in which a plaintiff alleges some negligence on the part of the defendant
Learning Objective: 6-4: Identify the many facets of personal injury claims, particularly those relating to employment.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Forensic Psychology and Civil Litigation
Difficulty Level: Easy
Essay
1. Describe the six categories of good parenting, as defined by Eve, Byrne, and Gagliardi (2014). Name one other category you could add to this list.
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Methods of Evaluation in Child Custody Cases
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Identify and briefly describe the three forms of outpatient civil commitment.
Learning Objective: 6-6: Examine the many questions and problems concerning involuntary civil commitment.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Outpatient Civil Commitment
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Compare and contrast gender harassment and sexual harassment.
Learning Objective: 6-7: Explore the challenges of psychologists and other mental health professionals in evaluating the effects of sexual and gender harassment.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Sexual and Gender Harassment
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. Explain how a forensic evaluation for mental and neurological damages is both retrospective and prospective in nature.
Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss the roles of psychologists and neuropsychologists in evaluating civil capacities.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Neuropsychological Damages
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. Imagine you are conducting a relocation evaluation. Describe which factors you would consider when conducting your evaluation.
Learning Objective: 6-2: Examine the roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals in family and probate courts, including child custody evaluations, visitation arrangements, and relocation requests.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Parental Relocation
Difficulty Level: Hard
6. Identify the four areas the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Treatment is designed to measure. Briefly explain the concerns with the tool.
Learning Objective: 6-5: Analyze the issues involving competence to consent to treatment.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Competence to Consent to Treatment
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Who is Kendra Webdale? How does she pertain to concepts in the chapter?
Learning Objective: 6-6: Examine the many questions and problems concerning involuntary civil commitment.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Involuntary Civil Commitment
Difficulty Level: Hard
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