THE 'TRUTH' ABOUT FALSE CONFESSIONS

Abstract

One of the few experimental studies to focus upon variables which might play a role in police interrogation is Bem's 'false confession' research. He showed that subjects come to believe that their false statements are true when emitted in the presence of a discriminative truth stimulus. In an attempted replication, the present study sought evidence to support an alternative explanation of this finding, based upon decreased vigilance induced by the truth stimulus.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0705132

Entities

People

  • Christina Maslach

Organizations

  • Stanford University

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Errors
  • Heart Rate
  • Lie Detection
  • Motivation
  • New York
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Psychology
  • Ratings
  • Reaction Time
  • Right Angles
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Universities
  • White Light

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Criminal Law
  • Educational Psychology
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.