PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: John Bowlby, Polygraph, Personnel Selection
11 Dec 2016
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Over vi ew o f for en si c psy c holog y. Definitions of foren sic psychology: abfp (american board of forensic psychology) -ap-ls (american psychology-law society) (1995) Issues arising out of the relationship between human behavior and the law, legal system and legal process: bartol and bartol (1987) A research endeavor: aspects of human behavior related to the legal process. Professional practice: within or often in consultation with the legal system. Psychology and the law (e. g. assessing lineup bias: captures activities when psychology is being used to study assumptions that are being made by the law. Psychology in the law (e. g. developing questioning strategies: when psychology is being used in the law as it currently operates. Psychology of the law (e. g. explaining why people obey law: why psychology is being used to understand the law itself. Those differences can be a nightmare for psychologists. Knowledge knowledge gain in psychology is accomplished through cumulative research.
