You are a therapist and your adult client has just shared with you that they abused a child in the last year.  What are your ethical and legal responsibilities to your client and as a mandated reporter?  Are you required to inform authorities? Explain your rationale. Who would you report to and what type of information will you share regarding the abuse?  Are you required to keep confidentiality or break confidentiality?

Compare and contrast insanity defense with competency to stand trial.  What are the components to the insanity defense and its determination? Define competency to stand trial and how is it determined in the legal system?  Does having any mental illness (DSM5 diagnosis) result in a determination of not competent to stand trial in the court of law. Why or Why not?

What are sexual predator laws? How are these laws relevant to psychology and abnormal behavior?

Describe the research showing how witness testimony can be biased.  Provide support for your answer using evidence from neuroscience.