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Psychology students get away with murder!

A leading forensic psychologist demonstrated how to commit the perfect murder when he discussed his work with psychology students on 3 April 2008 .

This is one of the lectures and workshops presented by several leading and well-known psychologists from the British Psychological Society’s Student Members Group Annual Conference held in Dublin as part of the Society’s main annual conference.

Dr Michael Berry from the Manchester Metropolitan University will helps students explore the techniques and required ability to commit a perfect murder in his presentation How to commit the perfect Murder-an interactive experience. This will be a hands-on presentation with the opportunity for students to participate - though not, it is hoped, for real!.

In his presentation Visible Thought: the New Psychology of Body Language official Big Brother psychologist Professor Geoffrey Beattie will look at how psychologists have misunderstood body language as an emotional nonverbal side effect. Using examples found anywhere from the controlled psychology laboratory to modern advertising and the Big Brother TV phenomenon, he will explore what our everyday gestures mean and how they affect our relationships with other people.

Dr Ceclia d’Felice will present her work on the complex relationship between the media and psychologists in an interactive workshop. This includes learning how to be a successful ‘agony aunt’ by applying knowledge of psychology to everyday modern concerns and how psychologists can present themselves as a professional ‘experts’ without jargon or elitism to an enthusiastic audience with little or no psychological knowledge.

The Student Member’s Group of the British Psychological Society is holding its annual conference in parallel with the Society’s own annual conference at the Royal Dublin Society .

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