Senior Project Advisor
Ira Hyman
Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Winter 2024
Keywords
interrogation strategies, confabulation, information exposure, false memories, false confessions
Abstract
This literature review seeks to explore how interrogation strategies, such as compliance pressure and provision of information, can result in subject confabulation, false memories, and false confessions. These effects reduce the reliability of subject statements, and overall reliability of the criminal justice system. Additionally, differences in subject cognitive ability can make some more susceptible to interrogation methods. These factors must be accounted for when conducting interrogation procedures in order to mitigate their effects and prioritize the reliability of information relied on by the criminal justice system.
Department
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Fiala, Annika, "A Closer Look at Interrogation Strategies: Confabulation, False Memories, and False Confessions due to Interrogator Pressure and Information Exposure" (2024). WWU Honors College Senior Projects. 785.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors/785
Type
Text
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf