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17 Nov 2014, 5:26 pm
Those principles, themselves, suggest the elasticity of American law. [read post]
17 Nov 2014, 4:13 am
We hear it all the time about supporting a treatment decision based on scientific evidence; that's what utilization review and independent medical review, treatment guidelines, etc. is supposed to be all about.But there is a huge component of science the industry chooses to ignore: psychology typically makes up a larger component of outcomes than any physical treatment.There are several professional medical organizations (such as the American Academy of Orthopedic… [read post]
16 Nov 2014, 2:07 pm
For guidance on this front you’ll want to read a handbook published jointly by the the American Bar Association and the American Psychological Association entitled Assessment of Older Adults with Diminished Capacity: A Handbook for Lawyers, which I wrote about here. [read post]
15 Nov 2014, 9:14 pm
My class of approximately 130 students had three women and one African American male. [read post]
31 Oct 2014, 6:30 am
It is the inequality, abuse, and unfairness associated with bullying that makes it incompatible with what we conceive of as the appropriate "American character. [read post]
31 Oct 2014, 4:54 am
In 1975, Stephen Abramowitz and his colleagues sent a fake manuscript to eight hundred reviewers from the American Psychological Association--four hundred more liberal ones (fellows of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and editors of the Journal of Social Issues) and four hundred less liberal (social and personality psychologists who didn't fit either of the other criteria). [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 8:01 am
Major medical organizations, like the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, have made clear that laws like this one are the antithesis of good medical practice. [read post]
24 Oct 2014, 1:11 pm
Lee et al., An Empirical and Consumer Psychology Analysis of Trademark Distinctiveness, 41 Ariz. [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 11:34 am
Another recent study entitled, Pain and Psychological symptom differences in African Americans and European Americans experiencing motor vehicle collisions, showed that African americans suffered greater neck pain and incidences of PTSD than European Americans months after an auto accident. [read post]
21 Oct 2014, 7:56 am
According to the American Psychological Association, there should be significant protections for suspects, particularly teenagers, during interrogations, including: Limiting the length of interviews; Videotaping the entire interrogation; Only permitting interrogations if the teenager being questioned is represented by a lawyer; Providing specific training for the interviewers to reduce the risk of false confessions when the subject is impressionable, such as with… [read post]
21 Oct 2014, 7:56 am
According to the American Psychological Association, there should be significant protections for suspects, particularly teenagers, during interrogations, including: Limiting the length of interviews; Videotaping the entire interrogation; Only permitting interrogations if the teenager being questioned is represented by a lawyer; Providing specific training for the interviewers to reduce the risk of false confessions when the subject is impressionable, such as with… [read post]
21 Oct 2014, 7:56 am
According to the American Psychological Association, there should be significant protections for suspects, particularly teenagers, during interrogations, including: Limiting the length of interviews; Videotaping the entire interrogation; Only permitting interrogations if the teenager being questioned is represented by a lawyer; Providing specific training for the interviewers to reduce the risk of false confessions when the subject is impressionable, such as with… [read post]
21 Oct 2014, 7:56 am
According to the American Psychological Association, there should be significant protections for suspects, particularly teenagers, during interrogations, including: Limiting the length of interviews; Videotaping the entire interrogation; Only permitting interrogations if the teenager being questioned is represented by a lawyer; Providing specific training for the interviewers to reduce the risk of false confessions when the subject is impressionable, such as with… [read post]
19 Oct 2014, 3:22 pm
The American Psychology-Law Society (Division 41 of the American Psychological Association) holds its Annual Conference March 19-21, 2015. [read post]
17 Oct 2014, 4:26 am
, the increased potential of teens to be manipulated into confessing or giving false confessions is sufficiently real to warrant special protections: Citing recent research, the American Psychological Association has called for widespread protections for suspects, including teenagers, during interrogations. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 1:37 pm
a lot of their edge has been psychological. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 8:50 am
The Associated Press ran a story (along with two sidebars) this week on the use of voiceprints by big banks and other institutions. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 6:00 am
This essay continues a short review of some ideas discussed at greater length in Consumer Credit and the American Economy, a new book by Thomas A. [read post]
15 Oct 2014, 10:56 am
Youths, some researchers say, merit special protections.According to federal statistics, nearly 1.5 million teenagers were arrested in 2011, the last year for which data was collected.The article concluded mentioning a couple of other recent developments on false confessions of which I wasn't aware:Citing recent research, the American Psychological Association has called for widespread protections for suspects, including teenagers, during interrogations. [read post]
14 Oct 2014, 2:17 pm
The American Psychological Association has proposed some guidelines for interrogated juveniles: Limiting the length of the interviews. [read post]
