PSY328H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fundamental Attribution Error
Document Summary
The police interrogation can make one innocent person to be the perpetrator. Police interrogation is a particular example of basic processes studied by psychological scientists. These processes include compliance, persuasion, obedience to authority and decision making under stressful conditions. Police strength data: calculated as the number of police officers per 100,000 people in a given area. Police are under pressure to bring a suspect to the justice system. The analysis of a crime scene might turn up important physical evidence and this can uncover through questioning witnesses and suspects that often produce a conviction. If police believe someone is responsible for a crime, if the person is a suspect the goal of the questioning is to elicit a confession. 39% -48% suspects make full confessions when interrogated by police, and additional 13% to. 16% of suspects make damaging statements or partial admissions. Why police prefer confessions to other types of evidence: confessions save time.
