PSY344H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Aversion Therapy, Fear Conditioning, Psychopathic Personality Inventory
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Forensic psychology: a field of psychology that deals with all aspects of human behavior as it relates to the law or the legal system (ex. eyewitness memory and testimony, jury decision making, criminal behaviour, deception detection, risk assessment, etc. Laws: morals that reflect the wants and needs of people in a community. It is affected by time as society changes, the law changes: a forensic psychologist can have many different roles. Clinical forensic psychologists are concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental health issues as they pertain to the law or legal system. This can include a wide variety of settings such as schools, prisons, and hospitals. Examples: developing and testing the validation of an assessment tool used to predict the risk of an offender acting violently, assessing an offender to assist the parole board in making accurate decisions.
