Week 11 - Winning Hearts and Minds

Question 1

What are some challenges we face?

Answer 1

• Not everyone is convinced that scientific information will be useful.
• ecological validity
• consensus in scientific community
• different goals
• hard to teach an old dog new tricks

Question 2

What did Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cottons case?

Answer 2

• demonstrated applied relevance of the science

- illustrated cost to victim/witness