Forensic psychology is the study of the criminal mind in order to understand the motivation behind certain behaviors. It is also instrumental in trying to figure out / predict what a criminal who's under police surveillance will do next. Although forensic psychology has bccn around for a long time it is still considered a fairly new field of study. Its popularity has grown in recent years at an exponential rate due to its portrayal in popular shows and movies like the Criminal Minds T. V. show.
Forensic psychology began back in the 1 800's with the help of several devoted psychologists, but its origination like that of psychology.in general is due in large part to one man, Wilhelm Wundt Wundt is referred to as the father of psychology. When …show more content…
James McKeen Cattel, was the first professor of psychology in the US and also served as an assistant to Wundt for a period of time. He is widely known for his study of testimony as in the case in 1 893 he, asked 56 Columbia University students a series of questions before asking them how confident they were in their answers. The result uncoverered huge inaccuracy's that called into question the validity of wittness testimony. Munsterberg, who studied at Leipzig and with some encouragement from Wilhem devoted his time to …show more content…
Although originally designed to help struggling students, the test wound up being used negatively by the Eugenicist's movement to identify "feeble minded" people. Alfred did not agree with the use of his test in this manner, he believed that intelligence was very complex and therefore could not accurately be gauged by one quantitative measurement.
The reason for the continued use of forensic psychology is simple. It is used to help understand why someone has done something, or to predict what someone will do; by doing this accurately, we can help solve and prevent future crime. Forensic psychology has a long history of research and advancement that took place for centuries to evolve it into what it is today, and it continues to evolve to this day as greater advancements about the complexity of the human mind continue to be
Forensic psychology began back in the 1 800's with the help of several devoted psychologists, but its origination like that of psychology.in general is due in large part to one man, Wilhelm Wundt Wundt is referred to as the father of psychology. When …show more content…
James McKeen Cattel, was the first professor of psychology in the US and also served as an assistant to Wundt for a period of time. He is widely known for his study of testimony as in the case in 1 893 he, asked 56 Columbia University students a series of questions before asking them how confident they were in their answers. The result uncoverered huge inaccuracy's that called into question the validity of wittness testimony. Munsterberg, who studied at Leipzig and with some encouragement from Wilhem devoted his time to …show more content…
Although originally designed to help struggling students, the test wound up being used negatively by the Eugenicist's movement to identify "feeble minded" people. Alfred did not agree with the use of his test in this manner, he believed that intelligence was very complex and therefore could not accurately be gauged by one quantitative measurement.
The reason for the continued use of forensic psychology is simple. It is used to help understand why someone has done something, or to predict what someone will do; by doing this accurately, we can help solve and prevent future crime. Forensic psychology has a long history of research and advancement that took place for centuries to evolve it into what it is today, and it continues to evolve to this day as greater advancements about the complexity of the human mind continue to be