Week1 Flashcards
What is Forensic Psychology according to APA
Specialty in professional psychology characterized by activities primarily intended to provide professional psychological expertise within the judicial and legal systems.
What is Forensic Psychology for the division of For. Psy.
Forensic Psychology is the application of psychology within the legal system to create a safer enviroment and assist people to help them going away from criminal bahaviour
they depend on the two different definition of Forensic Psy.
What are the two apsect of Forensic Psychology
Legal aspect and Criminological aspect
More related to APA definition
What are the areas of the legal aspect of Forensic and its applications?
applications of psychology to legal processes
Evidence, Witnessing, Courts.
Applications:
1.assist legal processing
2.Focus on behaviour, decision making and cognitive factors relevant to law
More related to division of Forensic Psy definition
What are the areas of criminological aspect of Forensic and its applications?
areas: Rehab
Crime prevention
risk assessment
informing x polices
criminal aspect goal is to understand criminal behaviour.
What is a common belief about memory?
Memory of violent or stressful events are well-encoded
What is the reality of Memory?
Memory is reconstructive.
Susceptible to distortion, espcecially over time and under stress
Is memory fixed once created? Why?
No, it is unstable over time
What is reconstruction process in memeory
Memory changes with each reactivation, as we unconsciously fill gaps to maintain our narrative
What can influence our memeory?
Conversations with others
Subsequent visual or auditory info
Integration of unrelated details
Is it a problem that Memory is malleable and fallible? Why?
Yes,
Memeory is used as evidence.
Memoery-based evidence can be enough to secure a conviction
The jury trust memory as accurate
What does the criminal aspect of Forensic focuses on?
- Psychological factors behind criminal actions
- Why individual commit crimes (analysing influences from perdsonality traits and mental health issues
What can influence an individual to commit crime?
Perosnality traits
Mental health issues
Social and enviromental factors
According to the biological approach how does it explained criminal behaviour?
Interaction between genetics and environmental factors
Why is it important to take into consideration biological influences, psysiological factors and brain function?
As risks in these areas they shape how brain works and can influence behaviour (criminal behaviour)
