Exam 2 - Textbook Terms Chapters 6

Question 1

__________ - A doll with realistic male or female genitalia; used to help reluctant children show investigators the type of sexual abuse that may have been perpetrated against them.

Answer 1

anatomically detailed doll

Question 2

__________ - A syndrome hypothesized to occur in children who have been victims of sexual abuse; it is characterized by feelings of helplessness, confusion, and fear.

Answer 2

child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome (CSAAS)

Question 3

__________ - A method for allowing a victim to testify without being physically present in the courtroom. A large television in the courtroom enables the defendant, judge, and jury to see the testimony, but the victim and attorneys are in another room. It is sometimes used in child abuse cases so that a child victim can avoid testifying in the presence of the defendant.

Answer 3

closed-circuit television (CCTV)

Question 4

__________ - In interviewing children about possible sexual abuse, rules that emphasize true and full disclosure by the child.

Answer 4

ground rules

Question 5

__________ - Testimony about what someone else said outside of court. Such testimony is often permitted when a child is the alleged victim, with an adult testifying about what the child said.

Answer 5

hearsay testimony

Question 6

__________ - An interviewing technique designed for investigating child sexual abuse cases. The protocol encourages the child to provide as much information as possible to open-ended questions. Suggestive questions are carefully avoided to reduce bias.

Answer 6

NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol

Question 7

NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol - An interviewing technique designed for investigating child sexual abuse cases. The protocol encourages the child to provide as much information as possible to __________ questions. Suggestive questions are carefully avoided to reduce __________.

Answer 7

• open-ended

- bias

Question 8

__________ - Memories supposedly “recovered” by adults, of having been sexually abused years or even decades earlier.

Answer 8

recovered memories

Question 9

__________ - The concept that painful, threatening, or traumatic memories can be pushed out of conscious awareness and locked away in the unconscious for years or even decades; there is little evidence for the validity of this concept.

Answer 9

repression

Question 10

repression - The concept that painful, threatening, or traumatic memories can be pushed out of __________ awareness and locked away in the __________ for years or even decades; there is little evidence for the validity of this concept.

Answer 10

• conscious

- unconscious