PSYC 2400 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Suggestibility, Recognition Memory, Reca

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2400
• Professor: Kevin Nunes

Document Summary

* forensic psychology: psychological research and clinical practice related to criminal or. * internal validity: the extent to which the independent variable, rather than extraneous influences, can account for the results. * external validity: the extent to which the results can be generalized or extended to persons, settings, times, measures, and characteristics other than those in this particular study. * assessment centres: facility at which behaviour of applicants can be observed. * applicants" behaviour observed during situational tests (simulations of real-world. * some evidence for predictive validity for future performance on the job (pynes & * study: pynes, j. , & bernardin, h. j. (1992). Entry-level police selection: the assessment center is an alternative. * purpose: to evaluate predictive validity of an assessment center for police selection. * performance in the assessment center had no bearing on the hiring decisions, nor were any assessment center scores known to those who provided criterion data from the training academy or on-the-job performance.