A. The essential element in a coerced- internalized confession is the suspect’s memory for events is correct and that the police version must therefore be false.
B. This type of confession is the direct opposite of cognitive dissonance.
C. Gudjonsson’s notion of interrogative suggestibility consider the extent to which people still maintain their responses despite intenseing.
D. Situational stress, individual factors and current psychological state can all combine to trigger suggestibility to misleading information on the part of the suspect, and so produce a false confession.
Correct Answer: Situational stress, individual factors and current psychological state can all combine to trigger suggestibility to misleading information on the part of the suspect, and so produce a false confession. ✔
Last Updated: August 29, 2023