TY - JOUR
T1 - False confessions in the lab
T2 - Do plausibility and consequences matter?
AU - Horselenberg, R.
AU - Merckelbach, H.
AU - Smeets, T.
AU - Franssens, D.
AU - Peters, G. J. Y.
AU - Zeles, G.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The present paper describes three studies that examined false confessions in the laboratory. Studies 1 (N=56) and 2 (N=9) relied on the by now classic computer crash paradigm introduced by Kassin and Kiechel (Psychological Science, 7, 125–128, 1996). Study 3 (N=12) employed a novel paradigm in which undergraduate participants were falsely accused of exam fraud. Our data indicate that false confessions do occur, even when conditions become more ecologically valid. Furthermore, we explored whether individual differences in compliance, suggestibility, fantasy proneness, dissociation, and cognitive failures are related to false confessions. Of these, only fantasy proneness was associated with false confessions
AB - The present paper describes three studies that examined false confessions in the laboratory. Studies 1 (N=56) and 2 (N=9) relied on the by now classic computer crash paradigm introduced by Kassin and Kiechel (Psychological Science, 7, 125–128, 1996). Study 3 (N=12) employed a novel paradigm in which undergraduate participants were falsely accused of exam fraud. Our data indicate that false confessions do occur, even when conditions become more ecologically valid. Furthermore, we explored whether individual differences in compliance, suggestibility, fantasy proneness, dissociation, and cognitive failures are related to false confessions. Of these, only fantasy proneness was associated with false confessions
U2 - /10.1080/1068310042000303076
DO - /10.1080/1068310042000303076
M3 - Article
VL - 12
SP - 61
EP - 75
JO - Psychology Crime & Law
JF - Psychology Crime & Law
SN - 1068-316X
IS - 1
ER -