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Psychology vs. Law
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
03/24/2013

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Haney Taxonomy: Psychology IN the law
Definition
Courtroom
Testifying (about money, competency, ability to keep custody of children, etc)
Expert testimony and forensic assessment
Term
Haney Taxonomy: Psychology AND the law
Definition
Research that helps the court understand what people think
Consultation (jury selection, defense strategy, research on pre-trial publicity, and eye-witness accuracy)
Term
Haney Taxonomy: Psychology OF the law
Definition
Issue oriented
Need for law
Obedience to law
Term
Pscyhology vs. Law: thought processes
Definition
P = innovative / hypothesis-generation, induction, proactive, academic
L = conservative / stare decisis, deduction, reactive, real world
Term
Pscyhology vs. Law: data/proof
Definition
P = empiracle, descriptive
L = theoretical, prescriptive
Term
Pscyhology vs. Law: "truth"
Definition
P = found through experimental model; disprove known hypotheses to find truth
L = found through adversarial discourse; 2 people argue, the winner has the true argument
Term
Pscyhology vs. Law: focus
Definition
P = nomothetic (research is generally group based)
L = ideographic (mostly focussed on one specific case, law, etc)
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Pscyhology vs. Law: standards of proof for truth
Definition
P = probability
L - certainty (ex: beyond a reasonable doubt)
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