October 2011 Archives

This essay should show your developing knowledge of your role in the mock crime/trial. It is worth double a normal blog post, and should reflect that in formality, length, and detailed content. It is not acceptable to copy and paste content about your role from other websites, or just list links to resources. You need to discuss and describe what you are learning about your role. If you role has been engaged in the class project already, make sure to discuss your experience (without divulging case-sensitive information!)
You will need to visit a courthouse and watch a proceeding sometime this semester (jurors will need to do this TWICE). When you have completed your visit, please post your remarks there. (Jurors will post twice). Please let us know in your post where you went, what you saw and experienced, and how long you visited. Please be sure to discuss what aspects of psychology you saw in action during your visit.

This essay should show your developing knowledge of your role in the mock crime/trial. It is worth double a normal blog post, and should reflect that in formality, length, and detailed content. It is not acceptable to copy and paste content about your role from other websites, or just list links to resources. You need to discuss and describe what you are learning about your role. If you role has been engaged in the class project already, make sure to discuss your experience (without divulging case-sensitive information!)

 

Browse this website: http://investigation.discovery.com/tv/real-interrogations/real-interrogations.html

watch some interrogations, take some quizzes.

what did you learn? what most surprised you? what does psychology have to do with it all?

Read Chapter 2 of C&K on interrogations.

What did you learn from this chapter that you did not know before? Discuss at least two basic psychological processes that are involved in interrogations.

Find two additional sites that relates to interrogations that you want to share and provide them here along with descriptions.

Lie to Me

Option 1

View any episode of Lie to Me (available via streaming on Netflix; or in some video stores).

Summarize the episode for us. Next, analyze what elements of the episode and lie detection strategies in particular are true, and which are exagerated or altogether false. Be specific in your analysis drawing on lecture and your reading materials.

Option 2

Read this link: http://face-and-emotion.com/dataface/facets/deception.jsp

Watch this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3PAW7zjgPw&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Summarize the links for us. Next, analyze each in terms of the lie detection strategies or features that are presented, and discuss whether they are true, or are exagerated or altogether false. Be specific in your analysis drawing on lecture and your reading materials.

Read Chapter 3 of C&K on lie detection.

What did you learn from this chapter that you did not know before? Discuss at least two basic psychological processes that are involved in detecting deceit in others. Is lie detection different if it is a legal context (questionning a suspect), vs in a social situation (talking to a friend)? Why or why not? Defend your answer.

Find one additional site that relates to lie detection that you want to share and provide it here along with a description.

American History X will will be shown in class on 10/25 and finishing up on 10/27.

Attendees are to be forewarned of extremely violent and disturbing content.

You can get 5 extra credit points if you watch the video and respond to this post.

Specifically, what elements of psychology are present in this film? Choose one social psychological principle, and using examples from the movie, describe how that social psychological principle is operating in the movie.

 

 

 

12 Angry Men will will be shown in class on 10/18 and finishing up on 10/20.

Attendees will decide whether to watch the old version or the remake.

You can get 5 extra credit points if you watch the video and respond to this post.

Specifically, what elements of psychology are present in this film? Choose one social psychological principle, and using examples from the movie, describe how that social psychological principle is operating in the movie.

 

 

 

The Life of David Gale will be shown in class on 10/11 and finishing up on 10/13.

You can get 5 extra credit points if you watch the video and respond to this post.

What is this movie really about? What flaws does it show (if any) in the criminal justice system, and with the possibility of wrongful convictions? How do your opinions change (if they in fact do) about the death penalty knowing that some people who are killed are innocent?

Read one of the chapters in Minds on Trial that interests you.

Then, find three additional sources (internet or otherwise) on that particular case/criminal.

Then, write your response. This is a formal essay, and worth twice the points as a regular blog post. Your response should reflect that you spent some time on your topic. Make sure you clearly discuss what you learned, what aspects of psychology are relevant to the case/criminal, and your reflection on the experience of learning about it. Please list your sources at the bottom of your post.

Read one of the chapters in Minds on Trial that interests you.

Then, find three additional sources (internet or otherwise) on that particular case/criminal.

Then, write your response. This is a formal essay, and worth twice the points as a regular blog post. Your response should reflect that you spent some time on your topic. Make sure you clearly discuss what you learned, what aspects of psychology are relevant to the case/criminal, and your reflection on the experience of learning about it. Please list your sources at the bottom of your post.

Conviction will be shown in class on 10/4 and finishing up on 10/6.

You can get 5 extra credit points if you watch the video and respond to this post.

How does psychology play a role in wrongful convictions in general? In this particular case?

Google around and find out some more information about the real case and let us know about it here.

Elizabeth Loftus is arguably one of the most important scientists in the area of memory evidece and false memories.

Learn as much as you can about her, her research, and how it applies to the law. Googling loftus memory will give you a good start. Your textbook also has a lot of information about her.

What did you learn? What were you must surprised about? Which of her research findings did you find most fascinating? Why do you think her research has been controversial? Does it deserve to be? How has her work helped us understand memory in general, and memory evidence in particular?

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