PSY328H1 Lecture Notes - Precedent, Gonn, We Wanna
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We wanna look at the interaction of empirical and theoretical things. Law vs psychology: stare decisis vs creativity. Stare decisis: legal term whatever happened before, has to happen again/will be used to determine what happens in the future. Ex: man slaughter defendant got 2 yrs in prison, a future man slaughter defendant will also/should get 2 yrs in prison. Basically, the only time that the second defendant will also get 2 yrs in prison, will be if the crime is the exact same. Creativity: psychology is supposed to be about doing something new. That being said, youre prob not gonn be doing something brand new bc (talking about proposal), we can never do something that is 100% brand new bc we will be basing off previous research: hierarchical vs empirical. Hierarchical: federal level law all provinces are bound by that.