Reading comprehension : forensic psychology

I) Correction partiel

1. Verser (c)
2. A scientist (a)
3. Mental shortcuts (a)`
4. Italy is the European country which was hit the hardest by the pandemic (b) and Most
people think that other countries were hit worse than Italy (c)
5. Is the tendency to put more weight on the first place of information offered than
everything that follows (b) and can affect ours decisions (d)
6. Most of them changed their answer (c)
7. During COVID, we had more information than we could deal with (b)
8. Being exposed to too much information (a)
9. Piece of information (c)
10. Acknowledge our own bias (b)
11. Mind and behaviour/biology/brain/society (d)
12. Is a form of psychological treatment (a) and aims at changing thinking patterns (b)
13. The Forer Effect (c)
14. The same/generalised (a)
15. Can lead people to misinterpret information (b)
16. Confirmation bias (d)
17. When we rate people as good-looking, we also tend to believe that they have positive
personality traits and that they are more intelligent (c) and a halo literally means a ring of
light (d)
18. Hindsight bias (b)
19. The effect of punishment on learning (c)
20. His/experiment/male/Yale (d)
21. Increase/increase (a)
22. Used a neutral stimulus (a) and can be applied to consumer behaviour (b)
23. Perception/sensitivity (a)
24. False (b)
25. Child psychologist (a)
26. Susciter (b)
27. Her/His/Her (d)
28. They blame themselves (d)
29. A survey (a)
30. A naive person (c)
31. 3 (c)
32. Something that has both favourable and unfavourable consequences (a)
33. He shows symptoms of depression (d)
34. Few (a)
35. Does your best friend try to cheer you up when you’re sad (d)
36. Studies show the benefits of breathing exercices (b)
37. Went/were/was/read (d)
38. D
39. Worse (b)
40. Enraciné (a)

II) Programme du S2

TD :
- Social media & body image (1&2)
- Emotions (3&4)
- Mock Exam (5)

CM :
- Work on one type of psychologist
- Music & emotions
- reading a scientific article in English

III) Psychology : career opportunities

Psychology is a very diverse field which offers a plethora of career opportunities

Child psychologist : psychologue pour enfants

Forensic psychologist : psychologue en milieu judiciaire
Psychotherapist : psychothérapeute
Engineering psychologist : ergonome
School psychologist : psychologue scolaire
Psychology professor : professeur de psychologie
Clinical psychologist : psychologue clinique
Industrial organisational psychologist : psychologue du travail
Health psychologist : psychologue de santé
Career counsellor : conseiller en formation

IV) Forensic psychology

Forensic psychology is a field that combines the practice psychology and the law.
Those whose word in this field utilise psychological expertise as it applies to the justice
system.
The word « forensic » organistes from the latin word « forensic » which means « the forum »,
or the court system of Ancient Rome.
The American Board of Forensic Psychology describes this field as the application of
psychology to issues that involve the law and legal system. Interest in forensic psychology has
grown significantly in recent years.

Why has interest in forensic psychology grown significantly in recent years ?

Do dictions of forensic psychology in popular media reflect reality ?
What do forensics psychologist do ?

A) Reading comprehension on a article