Psychology 2800E Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Confabulation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2800E
• Professor: Doug Hazelwood

Document Summary

Techniques used in the reid model: confronting suspects with their guilt and appealing to their self-interest, providing justifications for the crime and implying they have evidence, threatening the suspect with consequences for not cooperating and physically intimidating suspect. 63 to see the percentage of tactics used in canadian interrogations. 66 for examples on how interrogators assuming the suspect was guilty or innocent. Disputed confessions: co(cid:374)fessio(cid:374)s that are disputed duri(cid:374)g trial. Does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) the confession is false of that it was retracted. Usually arise because of legal technicalities or because the suspect disputes that confession was ever made. Retracted confessions: consist of an individual declaring that the confession they made is false. Compliance: a tendency to go along with demands made by people perceived to be in authority, even though the person may not agree with them. Internalization: the acceptance of guilt for an act, even if the person did not actually do it.