PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology

Annotated Bibliography

Kassin, S.M., Meissner, C.A., Narchet, F.M. & Russano, M.B. (2005). “Investigating True and False Confessions within a Novel Experimental Paradigm”. American Psychological Society. Volume 16, Number 6.

Summary

The authors have discussed about the development of experimental paradigm that influences techniques related to psychologically based interrogation on the likelihood of the confessions. The participants who are guilty and innocent have been involved in the paradigm. These individuals are those who have been accused of breaking the rule of the experiment by cheating. The authors have explored the influence of two interrogation tactics which includes minimization and an explicit offer ...