PSY460

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PSY460 ADVANCED LEGAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 - Credit Hours

PsychologyArts & Sciences

Subject Code

PSY

Course Number

460

Department(s)

Psychology

Academic Level (Course Level)

Undergraduate

Course Title

ADVANCED LEGAL PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description

Prerequisites: PSY 101 grade of C, and PSY 375 or PSY 325. How behavior in legal contexts is influenced by social psychological, cognitive, and developmental processes. Social and cognitive influences on eyewitness testimony and memory, false confessions, jurors' decision making and evaluation of trial evidence, social influence among jury members, children's participation in the legal system, and discrimination in the legal system. Offered spring only.

Credit Hours Min

3

Lecture Hours Min

3