PSYC 2400 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lie Detection, Predictive Validity, Polygraph

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2400
• Professor: Craig Bennell

Document Summary

Psychology and the law- the use of psychology to examine the operation of the legal system. In this view, psychology is seen as a separate discipline from law, and it is used to examine the legal system. Psychologists in this ideology would ask questions such as, are eye witnesses accurate? . Do certain interrogation techniques cause people to falsely confess? they answer questions like these and give the results to the legal community. Psychology in the law- this idea involves the use of psychological knowledge in the legal system. Activities in this ideology include psychologist providing expert testimony in court towards a certain issue in a case. Also a police officer might use effective interrogation techniques that he/she learned about from psychological studies. Psychology of the law- the use of psychology to study the law itself. Questions such as what role should police play in domestic disputes. Does the law reduce the amount of crime.