Experienced Investigators Will Avoid Hunches or Developing Leads or Suspects

question 16

Multiple Choice

Experienced investigators will avoid hunches or developing leads or suspects based on intuition; instead, they realize that developing leads comes about best when they use their know-how, their cognitive processes and their ability ______________.

• A) To pay informants
• B) To work a case rapidly
• C) To coerce confessions
• D) To work the crowd at the crime scene

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Definitions:

Traditional Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic technique originated by Freud, focusing on unconscious processes and childhood experiences.

Interpretation

The process of explaining or understanding the meaning of something, such as a text, action, or event.

Psychoanalyst

A therapist who utilizes psychoanalytic theory and techniques to explore and treat unconscious conflicts and psychological disorders.

Dream Imagery

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