[PSY328H5] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 34 pages long Study Guide!
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Study of behavior and mental processes in an attempt to understand, predict and control behavior. Human behavior lies at heart of psychology and law. Legal system comprised of body of laws, rules, regulation and procedures: designed to govern, regulate and control human behavior. Psychology looks at how humans react to a stimuli and try to control that reaction: law works similarly by creating rules that work with human reaction. Empirical study of assumptions about human behavior that underlie the operation and functioning of law: reasonableness and validity of evidence, we have assumptions that are not always correct. Stare decisis vs. creativity: stare decisis: element of fairness, precedence. We need to do now what we did before. Ex: 2 people charged with murder, second person should get a similar charge to the first person. Parks, argued that jurors cannot be biased and judge agreed. Each case after must follow this now: creativity: focused on something new and novel.
