PSYCH230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Connecticut Public Television, Frant, Human Sexuality
24 Dec 2015
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Lecture 2 - psychology and the legal system. Recognition that human beings are profound social creatures. Maximize prosocial cooperation and minimize antisocial competition: competition: putting needs in front of someone else; seeing someone lose for your gain, we don"t have rules around that and lead to wars and suffering, human development. Had to form some type of guideline; created two systems that interact that have same goals. Legal tenant (series of laws) systematic, structured and distributed equally among the population. Need to be able to enforce the law (enforcement) Need to understand: how people think, feel and behave in response to our laws/moral codes, how people relate to each other. Psychology can"t explain everything about the legal system; snapshot. Common to many concrete topics: can talk about health system, human sexuality, family relationships. Ideographic operates on a case by case basis. Reactive deal with issues brought by others. Innovation and creativity new ideas and methods.
