PSYC 2400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Psychology Today, Mental Health Law, Morning Sickness
11 Jan 2018
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Forensic psychology: a field of psychology that deals with all aspects of human behaviour as it relates to the law or legal system. Alfred binet presented many studies in which he showed that testimonies. James cattell conducted experiments looking at what would later be called between their accuracy and confidence [that their recollection was accurate] were far from perfect. Cattell viewed his findings as having potential to assist. Measurements of the accuracy of recollection, cattell asked 56 university students in psychology to think back on things they witnessed in their the psychology of eyewitness testimony. )n cattell"s paper called everyday lives. (cid:523)e. g. (cid:498)what was the weather a week ago today?(cid:499)(cid:524). (e found that the students" answers were often inaccurate and the relationship in (cid:498)courts of justice(cid:499) witnesses. The (cid:498)reality experiment(cid:499) (cid:523)now commonly used by eyewitness accuracy of a person"s testimony. researchers to study eyewitness recall and recognition).
