Psychology of expert opinions and testimony
[PSY1405]
[30h] 5 credits
This course is taught in the 2d semester.
Teacher(s): Olivier Luminet, Hoang Quoc Vu Pham, Xavier Seron
Language: French
Level: First
Aims
(a) the way of obtaining an expert opinion, particularly in terms of interviews and tests,
(b) the quality and relevance of psychological assessment, and
(c) eye witnesses, both as a clinician and as an expert called to give evidence by an official body (e.g. tribunals).
Main themes
(a) producing a reliable and valid psychological or neuropsychological expert opinion and
(b) assessing the truthfulness of witnesses, mainly in the legal field (witnesses of violence and accidents)
Content and teaching methods
eye witnesses
relationships between emotion, cognition and memory
false memories
remediation techniques (cognitive interviews)
procedures for detecting simulation (false confessions, lie detection, children's evidence)
expert neuropsychological and psychopathological opinions (examinations and assessments, simulation and claim, difference between results of tests and disability in daily life, socio-demographic variables)
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Lecturers and guest lecturer
Assessment : Written examination
Support : reading folder (including certain texts in English) and printed versions of the slides.