PSY 333 - Forensic Psychology With Laboratory (W)

4 Credit(s)

The purpose of this course is to give students an understanding of the role of psychological research as it pertains to the fields of law and law enforcement. Through lecture and lab activities, students learn about basic methodological issues, lie detection, repressed memories, jury selection, line-up construction, eyewitness identification and testimony, courtroom persuasion, and group decision making. Students use experimental design, existing measures of legal attitudes, and computer technology to design studies to investigate some of the lecture topics. Students prepare laboratory reports using the APA style. Psychology majors only. Psychology majors must receive a “C” or better in this course to satisfy psychology major requirements. Students take either PSY 235 or PSY 333; they may not take both.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 387 (grade C or better).