共用题干 Why Would They Falsely Confess?
Why on earth would an innocent person falsely confess to committing a crime?To most people,it just doesn"t seem logical.But it is logical,say experts,if you understand what can happen in a police interrogation（审讯）room.
Under the right conditions,people"s minds are susceptible（易受影响的）to influence ,and the pressure put on suspects during police grillings（盘问）is enormous. _________ (1) “The pressure is important to understand,because otherwise it"s impossible to understand why someone would say he did something he didn"tdo.The answer is:to put an end to an uncom- fortable situation that will continue until he does confess.”
Developmental psychologist Allison Redlich recently conducted a laboratory study to de- termine how likely people are to confess to things they didn"t do.______(2)The research- ers then intentionally crashed the computers and accused the participants of hitting the“alt” key to see if they would sign a statement falsely taking responsibility.
Redlich"s findings clearly demonstrate how easy it can be to get people to falsely confess:59% percent of the young adults in the experiment immediately confessed.______(3)of the 15-to 16- year-olds,72 percent signed confessions,as did 78 percent of the 12-to 13-year-olds. “There"s no question that young people are more at risk,”says Saul Kassin,Professor at Williams College,who has done similar studies with similar results.______(4)
Both Kassin and Redlich note that the entire“interrogation” in their experiments consis- ted of a simple accusation一not hours of aggressive questioning一and still,most participants falsely confessed.
Because of the stress of a police interrogation,they conclude,suspects can become con- vinced that falsely confessing is the easiest way out of a bad situation.______ (5) ______(5)