PSYCH230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Limbic System, Labeling Theory, Personnel Selection

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH230
• Professor: John Rempel

Document Summary

Psychology and law chapter one: an introduction to forensic psychology. Started with research carried out in both the united states and europe. Forensic psychology a field of psychology that deals with all aspects of human behavior as it relates to the law or legal system. Free recall asking a person/witness to report everything that happened by recalling the events from memory. Retroactive memory falsification a process whereby people confuse actual memories of events with the events described in the media. Clinical forensic psychologists psychologists who are broadly concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental health issues as they pertain to the law or legal system. Forensic psychiatry a field of medicine that deals with all aspects of human behavior as it relates to the law or legal system. Experimental forensic psychologists psychologists who are broadly concerned with the study of human behavior as it relates to the law or legal system.