Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Amicus Curiae, Eyewitness Memory, Exclusionary Rule

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: gribble

Document Summary

Friday, september 21, 2018 psych and law introduction. Psychologists role in the legal system: phd, clinical; Experimental psychologists: don"t help people directly, they are researchers, work as professors or in the government. Research designed to answer real world questions. It is more of a realistic study: legal scholar. Someone who is skilled in law: reformer. Actively tries to change public policy: rod lindsay; Does line up research, goes around country trying to explain why his research on line ups should be implemented in the police departments. Recommends: sequential line up showing the witness pictures one by one even if the cops think that is not criminal to get a reduced false id rate. Helps compare memory to pic rather than pic to pic: a witness choose a criminal from a photographic line up now a days. Do research to see if policies are effective: preparation of amicus curiae briefs.