PSYC 3020 Lecture Notes - Eyewitness Identification, Eyewitness Memory, Forensic Psychology

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3020
• Professor: Dan Yarmey

Document Summary

Psychology is concerned with the understanding, explanation, and control of the causes of human behaviour and experience. Law is the sum of all rules governing behaviour that is enforceable in courts. Reflects values of what behaviour is acceptable and what is not acceptable. What i hope to get out of this course is a deeper understanding of the area of forensic psychology and explore the various topics that exist within this area. I am interested to learn about the different areas of forensic psychology and hope to find one domain that may lead to a possible career path for myself. Studying human behaviour can have practical applications to the law when policies are put in place by the government. Since laws are created to control behaviour, there should be some examination of behaviour so the policies put in place can be effective.