共用题干 Why Would They Falsely Confess?Why on earth would an innocent person falsely confess to committing a crime?To mostpeople,it just doesn't seem logical.But it is logical,say experts,if you understand whatcan 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 tounderstand why someone would say he did something he didn't do.The answer is:to putan end to an uncomfortable situation that will continue unti!he does confess."Developmental psychologist Allison Redlich recently conducted a laboratory study todetermine how likely people are to confess to things they didn't do._________(2)Theresearchers then intentionally crashed the computers and accused the participants of hittingthe "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 falselyconfess: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 78percent of the 12-to 13-year-olds."There's no question that young people are more at risk,"says Saul Kassin,apsychology professor at Williams College,who has done similar studies with similar results.________ (4)Both Kassin and Redlich note that the entire"interrogation"in their experimentsconsisted of a simple accusation一not hours of aggressive questioning一and still,mostparticipants falsely confessed.Because of the stress of a police interrogation,they conclude,suspects Can becomeconvinced that falsely confessing is the easiest way out of a bad situation.________(5) _________(1)
A.In her experiment,participants were seated at computers and told not to hit the "alt" key,because doing 50 would crash the systems. B."In some ways,"says Kassin,"false confession becomes a rational decision." C."It's a little like somebody's working on them with a dental（牙齿的）drill,"says Franklin Zimring,a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley. D."But adults are highly vulnerable too·” E.How could an innocent person admit to doing something he didn't do? F.Redlich also found that the younger the participant,the more likely a false confession.正确答案C
