Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Microexpression, Homicide, Robert Ressler

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Lecture 4 - interrogations, confessions, deception detection and. The reid model in action - going wrong in the case of eric morgan: Gerry conlon and he ira bombings: coerced-internalized, results from suggestive interrogations, the confessor comes to believe they committed the crime, people suffering from brain impairments, extreme anxiety or confusion may be "extra" susceptible, ex. the paul ingram case. Laboratory studies are conducted in an attempt to understand the nature of false confessions: need to be ethical (can pose difficulties) Implications of false confessions: o(cid:271)(cid:448)ious issue: a(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:374)o(cid:272)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual is (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)i(cid:272)ted for a (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e he/she did(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)it. Jurors find it hard to believe that an individual would plead guilty and accept the consequences if they weren"t: difficulty distinguishing true vs. false confessions, cant distinguish between the truth or lies, difficulty with form and content similarities. It is assumed that investigators can detect deception when moving from stage 2 to 3 of the reid model.