1. PSYCH 230 Introduction to Psychology and the Law Plan for today: - Course outline -What is Law and Psychology? -Class experiment

2. Psychology and the Law The law touches nearly every aspect of our daily lives: Buying this book. Driving your car. Taking an aspirin. Getting dressed.

3. Psychology Human behavior lies at the heart of psychology and the law. Psychology – is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes in an attempt to understand, predict, and in some cases control human behavior (Kassin, 1998).

4. The Law IT DEPENDS. The legal system is comprised of a body of laws, rules, regulations, and procedures. The legal system is designed to govern, regulate and control human behavior (Ogloff & Finkelman, 1999).

5. Psychology and the Law Concerns “issues arising out of the relationship between human behavior and the law, legal system, and legal process” (Weiner, 1997) Psychologists working in law and psychology study empirically the assumptions about human behavior that underlie the operation and functioning of the law. Social scientists assess the reasonableness and validity of the evidence

6. Differences between Law and Psychology 1.Stare decisis vs. Creativity 2.Hierarchical vs. Empirical 3.Adversarial vs. Experimental 4.Prescriptive vs. Descriptive 5.Idiographic vs. Nomothetic 6.Certainty vs. Probablistic 7.Reactive vs. Proactive 8.Operational vs. Academic

7. Psychology/Law Psychology in the law Psychology and the law Psychology of the law

8. Forensic vs. Experimental Psychology Forensics -Clinical -Assessment, treatment, research Experimental -Non-clinical -Cognitive/Perceptual, Social, Developmental, Abnormal

9. Perception Count the number of ‘f’s in the following text FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.

10. Perception How many did you count? Would you be willing to testify to that fact in court under oath? There are 6 f’s in the passage.

11. Perception FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.