False confessions in the lab: Do plausibility and consequences matter?

R. Horselenberg; H. Merckelbach; T. Smeets; D. Franssens; G. J. Y. Peters; G. Zeles

doi:/10.1080/1068310042000303076

False confessions in the lab: Do plausibility and consequences matter?

R. Horselenberg, H. Merckelbach, T. Smeets, D. Franssens, G. J. Y. Peters, G. Zeles

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Abstract

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

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	61-75
Journal	Psychology Crime & Law
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org//10.1080/1068310042000303076
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Horselenberg, R., Merckelbach, H., Smeets, T., Franssens, D., Peters, G. J. Y., & Zeles, G. (2006). False confessions in the lab: Do plausibility and consequences matter? Psychology Crime & Law, 12(1), 61-75. https://doi.org//10.1080/1068310042000303076

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