Experimental psychology

Forensic Psychology The intersection between psychology and the justice system. One major compentent is having a understanding of legal concepts, especially concerning expert witness testimony. Which is what I will be explaining throughout this presentation. What can a forensic psychologist be questioned about? The pertinent facts of the case that have been gathered by the investigators through evidence, eye witness testimony, and clues from the scene. The scope is limited to what can and…

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since the advent of neuroeconomics in the early 2000s. Neuroecomics is a subfield of behavioral economics which utilizes cognitive scientific tools to create new economic theories. Additionally, it is part of experimental economics, which require the great aadnvancement in use of experimental tools, a field new to economics. Economy is a social field that require math for its deeper understanding in most of its theories. Economics is a field that has existed for longevity and most of the time…

seven of perspectives that are involved in psychology, they help determine what the psychologist is looking for and gives them an answer. Basically, it focuses on the empirical evidence and critical thinking, it helps them understand the reason on what they are looking at. The seven perspectives are Behaviorism, Evolutionary, Psychodynamic, Biological, Cognitive, Humanistic, and finally Ecological. They are all very different but they all do deal with psychology and it is quite interesting on…

initiated the study of comparative psychology? What problems did comparative psychology have with regard to anthropomorphism? The study of comparative psychology was initiated by the theory of evolution because humans were no longer separated from other species of animals. Ultimately, just as species development can be tracked, comparative psychologists believe our mental processes can be tracked for further historical understanding. Additionally, comparative psychology had problems in regard…

findings; however, Haeffel believes that American’s generalize to other cultures, especially when basic processes are being studied. Haeffel’s article, “Theory, Not Cultural Context, Will Advance American Psychology” states that if we focus on cultural context instead of basic processes than American psychology will not be advanced. However, if we transport American-based theories to other cultures, research of those cultures may be lost. Haeffel also argues that this problem with generalizing…

criminal psychology is referred to as “the study of the wills, thoughts, intentions and reactions of criminals, all that partakes in criminal behaviour.”(Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_psychology ) Albeit the fact that the application of psychology in the justice system is commonly known as forensic psychology and both branches of psychological studies are closely similar, both are very different fields when it comes to its specializations: in the field of criminal psychology,…

Introduction A common issue persisting throughout the history of psychology is the ongoing debate on the relation of the cognitive mind and physical body. Inquiry surrounding this issue deals with the perceived entities of mind and body and concerns their nature, existence, and interaction. It is important to the field because physiology and psychology are generally seen as interacting and the outcome of this interaction has consequences on both, one influencing the other. The Ancients The…

Holistic and contextualistic views are resilient in consideration of humanistic psychology, and are considered strong in the behavioral psychology. Even though this is considered there are various controversial historically in behavioral tradition to those inside and its almost unseen to those outside of behavioral tradition. In regards of the behavioral perspective, the contextualistic qualities have brought clarity, where the affiliation with humanism had become a reconsideration. The…

Behavioral psychology is an interesting field, because it looks for the reasons why we act the ways we do. In this area of study are notable figures such as B.F Skinner, John Watson, and Ian Pavlov. Those figures alone, made grand advances in studying what controls our behavior, as well as methods of shaping – or reshaping – behavior through reinforcement. Behaviorism was influenced by previous schools of psychology including positivism, functionalism, and the evolutionary ideas of Darwin. With…