PSY344H5 Lecture Notes - Eyewitness Memory, Edward Drummond, Paul Bernardo
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Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour: anything an animal or human does, feels or thinks . Psychology is a science based on empirical research: in sociology, it is a lot of observation and correlational study, but in psychology, we want to know why by creating causal determinations through experimental methods. Law is based on society and based morals that is reflected on the wants and needs based on the people in society. Forensic psychology is a research endeavor that examines aspects of human behavior directly related to the legal process. I. e. , eyewitness memory and testimony, jury decision making, criminal behavior, deception detection, risk assessment: studies suggest that our memories are right only half of the time fallible. The law tries to maintain justice (fairness: it grows from society and civilization in need to try to keep our society from conflict. It can be used and misused in many different ways.
