Psychology of expert opinions and testimony
[ LPSY1405 ]
5.0 crédits ECTS
30.0 h
2q
| Teacher(s) |
Luminet Olivier (coordinator) ;
Dumas Rafaele ;
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| Language |
French
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Place
of the course |
Louvain-la-Neuve
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| Main themes |
The course is designed to teach students how psychology (clinical, cognitive, neuropsychology, personality, social) can make a contribution to
(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)
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| Aims |
By the end of this course, students should be able to develop a critical attitude in relation to:
(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).
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| Content |
autobiographical memory and its reconstructive aspects
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)
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| Other information |
Prerequisites: functioning of the memory (Introduction to psychology and additional psychology course)
Lecturers and guest lecturer
Assessment : Written examination
Support : reading folder (including certain texts in English) and printed versions of the slides.
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Cycle et année
d'étude |
> Bachelor in Information and Communication
> Bachelor in Pharmacy
> Bachelor in Economics and Management
> Bachelor in Motor skills : General
> Bachelor in Human and Social Sciences
> Bachelor in Sociology and Anthropology
> Bachelor in Political Sciences: General
> Bachelor in Mathematics
> Bachelor in Biomedicine
> Bachelor in Religious Studies
> Bachelor in Psychology and Education: General
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
> PSP
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