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"t do.The answer is:to put
an end to an uncomfortable situation that will continue unti!he does confess."
Developmental psychologist Allison Redlich recently conducted a laboratory study to
determine how likely people are to confess to things they didn"t do._________(2)The
researchers 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,a
psychology 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
consisted 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
convinced that falsely confessing is the easiest way out of a bad situation.________(5) _________（2）