Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Elizabeth Loftus, Naturalistic Observation, Recognition Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

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2 main types of profiling: deductive profiling: profili(cid:374)g a(cid:374) offe(cid:374)der fro(cid:373) e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e relati(cid:374)g to the offe(cid:374)der"s (cid:272)ri(cid:373)es, inductive profiling: profiling an offender from what is known about other offenders who have committed similar (solved) crimes. Robert ressler documentary john wayne gacy serial killer. Ressler already had a theory about serial killers: organized/disorganized theory: he realized that the individual would have an organized mind (planned out, premediated, targets) + bc of that he mentioned that there would probably be tokens kept from the victims (this would be an ex. of something an organized serial killer would do) -- gacy exhibited all of these theories. One of the original profilers started the behavioural science unit at the fbi. Crime scenes can be categorized as organized (methodical) or disorganized (chaotic) Background characteristics can be organized and disorganized. Analyzed 100 murders committed by serial killers in the us. To see if they could be categorized as organized vs disorganized.