CAS PS 354 Lecture 4: PS354-4
5 Oct 2018
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Ps354-4 history of forensic psychology: when did it all begin, the admission of experts is based on whether or not the expert will assist the trier of the fact to reach a more just conclusion about a case. Something that is counterintuitive to the common person: in order to determine if expert help counts we must understand the routes by which psychologist arrive at witness chair. Pure experimental psychology: psychologist in laboratory cataloging sensation and studying problems like depth perception, wilhelm wundt found the first psychological laboratory. Applied experimental psychology: psychologist trying to simulate under controlled conditions in lab events situation that happened in the real world. Wanted to be able to generalize more to the real world: munsterberg is a student of wundt. He wanted to convince lawyers would benefit from applying such findings to the courtroom. Wrote on the witness stand: findings that were counterintuitive that ordinary jurors would not know.
