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KEY FEATURES: A student-friendly writing style makes the content more approachable for readers to retain. Personal stories from fellows of the Association of Psychological Science (APS) convey to readers that even the most distinguished experts make mistakes that can be avoided through examination. Critical thinking questions give students the opportunity to reflect on preceding essays. Stories from all areas of psychology appeal to learners beyond subfields of psychology.
The Need for Blind Testing
The Need for Blind Testing
I had been studying false confessions for years. It’s inconceivable, I once thought, that anyone would confess to a serious crime he or she did not commit. Unless you held a gun to my head, I would never do that.
Then I read the manuals on how police interrogate people to get them to confess. Using subtle but persuasive forms of trickery and deceit, the techniques they use could have been scripted in Stanley Milgram’s obedience experiments. Prodding a beleaguered suspect with phrases such as “We know everything,” “We have your fingerprints,” and “If I were in your situation I would have done the same thing,” police can persuade an innocent person ...
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