PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tunnel Vision, Psychopathy, Lie Detection
17 Sep 2016
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American board of forensic psychology (abfp) & american psychology legal. Summary: forensic psychologist deserve their own services and. Excludes 70% of people who claim that they are forensic psychologist: broad (best definition)*** Weiner (1997): issues arising out of the relationship between human behaviour and the law, legal system and legal process. You could be working anywhere in the legal system. Bartol and bartol (1987): a research endeavor and a professional practice. Very different fields and practices: knowledge. Conduct experiments in order to come to certain conclusions. Stare decisis - acquired through legal precedence allowed/not allowed into the court. Goes back into history and looks at previous cases to see what is: methodology. Nomothetic - study something using larger groups to come to certain conclusion. Idiographic - study individual cases, individual actions, etc. Using larger experimental groups to see if people have issues. Does this particular person have an issue: epistemology.
