Psychological Views in Jurisprudential Theories

Underpinning psychological theories

Chapter 1 states that psychology is the study of the human mind and its functions as it relates to human cognition, behaviour and experience. The chapter also examines in detail the social determinants of health and disease. It is argued that because a number of behaviours are associated with ill health and behaviour change is seen as a viable way of tackling behaviours associated with health i...

Bioethics and Non-psychological Views of Personhood

Bioethics is probably the sub-division of ethics that is currently of greatest interest to the public, since there is a widespread sense that recent and likely future scientific and technological developments will pose significant ethical challenges. The “culture wars” surrounding such life-and-death issues as abortion and euthanasia also generate interest in bioethics. Accordingly, effective t...

Psychological Theories of Prejudice and Discrimination

Social perception involves the development of an attitude towards another person or group of persons. A stereotype is an attitude towards a person or group on the basis of some physical characteristic or physical fact. A stereotype is an example of an implicit personality theory. Such theories attribute internal properties to a person, such as character traits, on the basis of external properti...

Psychological Theories of Crime and Delinquency

Several psychological theories have been used to understand crime and delinquency. This literature review categorizes these perspectives into five areas, provides a brief overview of each, and analyzes and synthesizes the relevant, elements within each area. The major perspectives reviewed are learning theories, intelligence theories, personality theories, theories of psychopathy, and cognitive...

Psychological Theories of Categorization as Probabilistic Models