Why Are Financial Crimes in the Religious System Hard to Uncover

question 29

Multiple Choice

Why are financial crimes in the religious system hard to uncover?

• A) There is little oversight of a church's financial transactions.
• B) Financial crime is not that prevalent in the religious system.
• C) Clergy are unaware they are committing a crime.
• D) Church members believe the clergy are using the funds on behalf of the church.

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Definitions:

Retrieval Failure

A phenomenon in cognitive psychology where the inability to recall information is often due to the absence of proper cues or a failure in the retrieval process.

Spacing Effect

The cognitive phenomenon where learning is facilitated when study sessions are spaced out over time rather than conducted in a single session.

Misinformation Effect

The phenomenon where a person's recall of episodic memories becomes less accurate because of post-event information, often leading to false memories.

Encoding Failure

The inability to transfer information from short-term memory to long-term memory, leading to forgetting.