Forensic Profilers Use Information About Known Serial Killers to Make

question 81

Multiple Choice

Forensic profilers use information about known serial killers to make statements about the likely next-steps of a new killer, and to anticipate a pattern of behaviour. Which goal of the scientific enterprise does this reflect?

• A)application and control
• B)measurement and description
• C)the search for truth
• D)understanding and prediction

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Definitions:

Life Span

The maximum period that an individual organism can live; in humans, it often refers to the average duration of life.

Identity Cohesion

The sense of clarity, confidence, and consistency in one's identity and sense of self over time and across situations.

Role Confusion

A situational or developmental issue where an individual struggles to understand their own role or identity within specific contexts or society.

Epigenetic Principle

A concept in psychological development that proposes growth occurs through a predetermined unfolding of personalities, in which early experiences can affect later outcomes, but not through direct genetic transmission.