PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Franz Liszt, Operant Conditioning, Juvenile Delinquency
14 Sep 2016
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Happening when psychologists study issues arising out of the relationship between human behaviour and the law, legal system and legal processes. A research endeavor: aspects of human behaviour related to the legal process. A professional practice: within or often in consultation with the legal system. Study assumptions made by the law, legal system or legal processes. 80% of wrongful convictions were caused by eye witness testimony. Study the ways psychology and law interact with each other. When psychology is used in the law as it currently operates. E. g. explaining why people obey the law counseling larly as experts sional expertise uman. When psychology is being used to understand the law itself. Weiner and hess (1987) *all names mentioned here are to be remembered for exam* No relationship with accuracy and confidence (e. g. eye witness testimo. Unless you are extremely hungry you won"t observe or be aroused by yo.
