PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Schizophrenia, Signify, Biofeedback
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Lecture 1: why psychology is not a natural science (but how it could be): Psychology has been employed to help legal system. Difference between american text and canadian text: theory is the same, law is different. Being not criminal responsible on account of mental disorder (in canada) Not guilty by reason of insanity (usa) Present in us not in canada there is competency to confess. In canada, they are allowed to call lawyer & they can say that they don(cid:495)t want to speak to police until they have spoken to lawyer but police get 1 interview with them before they speak to lawyer. Because in science most important thing is replicability of study results. Apa and spa have been very good at not publicizing this. Article in nature & science: first results from psychology(cid:495)s largest reproducibility test - monya baker - 30 april 2015 stanford uni. Contrast with neuroimaging studies of psychological interventions for mood.
