CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY: topic 4

Question 1

What is second application from courtroom psychology

Answer 1

The impact of MRI scans as evidence. The basic assumption of MRI technology for lie detection is that brain areas associated with effort or conflict are activated when people are lying, and these areas can be pinpointed in an individual’s brain.

Question 2

What is the first application of courtroom psychology

Answer 2

The influence of ‘inadmissible’ evidence. Inadmissible means that the jury are instructed to disregard what they have heard because it is not accepted as valid, it is possible that both the prosecution and defence say inadmissible things as a deliberate strategy.
Broeder’s experiment showed that when the driver said he has liability insurance, jurors awarded the victim an average of $4000 more than no insurance and if the information was ruled as inadmissible it increased by $13,000