Forensic Psychology Applies Psychological Principles and Techniques to Legal Issues

question 671

True/False

Forensic psychology applies psychological principles and techniques to legal issues, such as the assessment and treatment of offenders, mental competency to stand trial, child custody, jury selection, and eyewitness testimony.

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Definitions:

Decreases

A term indicating a reduction or decline in value, quantity, or extent.

Correlation Coefficients

Statistical measures that indicate the strength and direction of the relationship between two or more variables.

Phi Coefficient

A metric indicating the strength and direction of the relationship between two dichotomous variables, with values spanning from -1 to 1.

Partial Correlation

A measure of the relationship between two variables, controlling for the effect of one or more other variables.