PSY328H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Involuntary Commitment, Meta-Analysis, Schizophrenia
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Psychology: human behavior lies at the heart of psychology and the law. Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes in an attempt to understand, predict, and in some cases control human behavior (kassin, 1998). Prediction of behavior from attitudes and personality traits. Anything an animal or human does, feels, or thinks. : psychology is the scientific study of behavior, psychology is a science firmly based in empirical research, psychology has broad application. Trying to govern regulate and control human behavior. Need to look at reasonableness and validity to continue on. But psychologists can only suggest it show evidence and probabilities. Knowledge, methodology, epistemology, criteria, nature of law, principles, latitude. Law stare decisis: should do if at all possible the same thing that we did before. Same case happens later with similar circumstances, sentence the same way. Decide cases the same way with the same manner.
