PSY 300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Precedent, Reid Technique, Lie Detection
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History of psychology and the law (part 1: the legal system is saturated with psychological concerns within many areas of psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, clinical psychology, cognitive psychology. Continued : the supreme court of canada (highest court in canada, canadian laws must conform to the constitution of canada (constitution act 1867, criminal offices ccc (canadian criminal code, plus other legislation eg. motor vehicle safety act. Freud: 1906: sigmund freud criminal behavior and freudian theory, psychoanalytic criminology is a method of studying crime and criminal behaviour using psychoanalysis examines personality and the psyche (unconscious) to explain criminal behaviour. Munsterberg: 1908: hugo munsterberg (student of wilhelm wundt) on the witness stand, human witnesses by the application of experimental psychology to the administration of law, m nsterberg points out the various reasons why eyewitness testimony is inherently unreliable. Dubbed the brandeis brief, it served as a model for future cases where non-legal data was used to argue a case.
