PSYC 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter 77: Discovery Learning, Sport Psychology, Educational Psychology

• School: Brock University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1F90
• Professor: John Mitterer

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Module 77: applied psyc: the psychology of law, educaion and sports. Psychology of the law: study of the behavioural dimensions of the legal system. Mock juries: a group that realisically simulates a courtroom jury. For example, potenial jurors are brought into a room an shown a video or a writen statement of the ofence and asked to make a decision whether they are guilty or innocent. This allows psychologists to determine what makes real jurors vote. Usually peoples biases are involved in their decision: ex. If someone is atracive or wearing glasses, they"re less likely to ind them guilty. Educaional psychology: ield that seeks to understand how people learn and how teachers instruct. Learner prep: begin by gaining the atenion of the learner and focus it. Learner response: allow ime for the learner to respond (repeat correct answers) 1: simulus presentaion: present instrucional simuli (info, examples, pictures)