[PSYC 2400] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (168 pages long!)

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2400
• Professor: Adelle Forth

Document Summary

Unit 2 lecture intro to forensic psychology. 5 major areas of forensic psychology: police psychology a psychologist could work with the police, providing support/treatment for a police officer who has experienced trauma. 2: legal psychology what happens in the courtroom; eyewitness testimony, assessments, correctional psychology psychologists working in the correctional domain, assessing individuals for risk of violence prior to release and providing treatment to those individuals. Psychologist trained to assess/treat mental health, tend to do more research, psychological model. Psychiatrist trained to assess/treat mental health, research, medical doctor, physical disease model, psychological model, can prescribe medications. Which of these assumptions are supported by research: modern police interrogation techniques can result in false confessions. True: it is possible for someone to confess to a serious crime, use of psychological coercive techniques increase the likelihood of false confessions, eyewitnesses can easily identify the suspect from police lineups .