Test 2

Question 1

Profile

Answer 1

looking at a crime and making a best guess as to the type of individual who would commit the crime in question

Question 2

Psychopaths

Answer 2

aren’t legally insane, knows the difference between right and wrong

Question 3

Modus operandi

Answer 3

seen as necessary to committing or getting away with a crime

Question 4

Psychotics

Answer 4

sever mental disorder

Question 5

Signature

Answer 5

when killers leave their mark at the scene

Question 6

Are the majority of serial killers male or female?

Answer 6

male

Question 7

What are the types of profiles that exist?

Answer 7

psychological, behavioral, and demographic

Question 8

What were serial killers called before the term serial killer was invented?

Answer 8

mass murderers

Question 9

What agency developed the second, more accurate, definition of serial killers?

Answer 9

the National Institute of Justice

Question 10

Who is the “Father of Profiling?”

Answer 10

John Douglas

Question 11

Visionary motive

Answer 11

suffer psychotic breaks with reality. May believe they are compelled to murder by God

Question 12

Mission oriented motive

Answer 12

attempting to rid the world of undesirables

Question 13

Hedonistic motive

Answer 13

derives pleasure from killing, see people as expendable

Question 14

Lust sub motive

Answer 14

sex is primary motive, fantasy plays large role in killing

Question 15

Thrill sub motive

Answer 15

primary motive is to induce pain/terror

Question 16

Comfort/profit sub motive

Answer 16

material gain/comfortable lifestyle are motives

Question 17

Power/control motive

Answer 17

gain and exert power over victim

Question 18

What kind of characteristics can be deciphered about the offender by the state of the crime scene?

Answer 18

their employment status and whether or not they are socially competent

Question 19

Who coined the term serial killer?

Answer 19

FBI special agent Robert Ressler

Question 20

Are most serial killer intelligent?

Answer 20

no

Question 21

Does a killer’s signature or modus operandi evolve over time?

Answer 21

signature does not, m.o. does change

Question 22

What does the FBI definition of serial killer stress?

Answer 22

3 or more separate occasions and locations

Question 23

What was the first documented case that used a criminal profile?

Answer 23

the “mad bomber” aka George Metesky

Question 24

What does a profiler study to help formulate a profile about the offender?

Answer 24

crime scene, autopsy, victim, pre-crime and post-crime behaviors

Question 25

What were the problems associated with the FBI definition of serial killer?

Answer 25

too broad and can be applied to people who aren’t serial killers

Question 26

What are the types of killer that can be identified by a profiler based on the state of the crime scene?

Answer 26

Organized and disorganized: aggression, planned or not

Question 27

Are most serial killer psychotic or psychopaths

Answer 27

psychopaths

Question 28

What is the psychological triad and what does it consist of?

Answer 28

the warning signs of a serial killer. bed wetting, fire starting, animal torture

Question 29

Image and personal branding

Answer 29

a verbal and visual representation of a person

Question 30

I-it/I-you/I-thou

Answer 30

impersonal, acknowledgment, or cherished

Question 31

Johari window

Answer 31

a manner of identifying the degree of self-closure a person reveals: open, blind, hidden, unknown

Question 32

Double speak

Answer 32

language used to confuse or deliberately distort its actual meaning

Question 33

Cognitive dissonance theory

Answer 33

the feeling of uncomfortable tension due to two conflicting thoughts and beliefs

Question 34

Communication accommodation theory

Answer 34

the tendency for people to change their behavior to get approval and set a positive image

Question 35

Cultivation theory

Answer 35

concept that personal beliefs are based on media messaging

Question 36

Dramatism theory

Answer 36

concept that life is viewed as a drama

Question 37

Expectancy violation theory

Answer 37

theory that emphasizes how others will and should react based on social customary norms

Question 38

Information manipulation theory

Answer 38

strategically controlling one’s behavior and image

Question 39

Informational deception theory

Answer 39

persuading by committing information, telling untruths, and not directly addressing the subject

Question 40

Relational dialectics theory

Answer 40

contradictions in interpersonal relationships that must be managed to sustain a positive relationship

Question 41

Symbolic interactionism theory

Answer 41

personal behavior and communication interactions are based on how individuals place meaning and interpret things, people, and events