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| Haney Taxonomy: Psychology IN the law |
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Courtroom
Testifying (about money, competency, ability to keep custody of children, etc)
Expert testimony and forensic assessment |
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| Haney Taxonomy: Psychology AND the law |
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Research that helps the court understand what people think
Consultation (jury selection, defense strategy, research on pre-trial publicity, and eye-witness accuracy) |
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Term
| Haney Taxonomy: Psychology OF the law |
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Definition
Issue oriented
Need for law
Obedience to law |
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Term
| Pscyhology vs. Law: thought processes |
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Definition
P = innovative / hypothesis-generation, induction, proactive, academic
L = conservative / stare decisis, deduction, reactive, real world |
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| Pscyhology vs. Law: data/proof |
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Definition
P = empiracle, descriptive
L = theoretical, prescriptive |
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Term
| Pscyhology vs. Law: "truth" |
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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 |
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| Pscyhology vs. Law: focus |
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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 |
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P = probability
L - certainty (ex: beyond a reasonable doubt) |
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