Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: No Surprises, Soft Sell, Psychopathy

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Lecture 3 - interrogations, confessions, and deception detection. Why: evidence is often collected through interrogations. In north america there are generally two goals of a police interrogation: obtain a confession, gain information that will further the investigation, ex. location of some evidence. The reid model of interrogation: the reid model is a common interrogation method, problem with this type of coercive interrogation - false confessions. The suspects stress level increases and the interrogator may move around the room, invading the personal space to increase discomfort. If the suspect starts fidgeting, licking lips, and or grooming themselves, the interrogator notes these as deception indicators confirming they"re on the right track. Immediately confront suspect with his or her guilt: can lie about evidence, theme development, the interrogator creates a story about why the suspect committed the crime. Theme development is about looking through the eyes of the suspect to figure out why they did it.