[PSY3173] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (49 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3173
• Professor: Marie- Lyne Laliberte

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Profiling in general is best used in cases that stand out, ones that are a bit extreme (ex. Modern profiling is often attributed to the work of. Strangler: received lots of criticism barnum statements and hindsight bias. The profile he gave before they arrested the mad bomber didn"t match the person they arrested. Most of the statements he provided could have applied to many different people they were barnum (general and vague like horoscopes) He also changed what he said in his profile when there was new information on the case. Hindsight bias (the i-knew-it-all-along effect) occurs when someone is trying to protect their reputation. In the us, the fbi established its profiling unit in. Violent crimes: so the bsu focused on methodology and training and the ncavc is used as a research center for police departments to create profiles. In canada, the rcmp are the most involved in training in profiling. One of the most significant contribution from.