PSYCH 3CC3 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Reverse Transcriptase, Mental Disorder, Memory
12 Oct 2018
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1842 begins w/ fiction books murders in the rue morgue , main character profiles the offender. 1887 sherlock holmes appears, shows criminal profiling as well in a study in. 1888 whitechapel murders, 11 murders occurred and the first offender profile was provided by dr. thomas bond. Letter was written to a london newspaper admitting to the crime, signed by jack the ripper (but he wasn"t the actual offender) 1895 james mckeen cattell conducts research on memory accuracy, begins scientific basis of forensic psychology (since criminal profiling is not really scientific) 1896 albert von schrenk-notzing testifies about negative effects of pre-trial publicity on witness recall. 1901 william stern conducts research on eyewitness testimony and leading questions. 1908 hugo munsterberg publishes on the witness stand , the first forensic psychology book. 1916 lewis terman"s standford-binet iq test (intelligence quotient) is implemented when selecting police/fire applicants in california.
