Why Would They Falsely Confess?
/ @( N: N& k/ iWhy 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 what call happen in a police interrogation(审讯)room.8 p4 W6 [' ~5 P. U7 }) w3 ]8 ~$ @
Under the right conditions,people’s minds are susceptible(易受影响的)to influence,and the pressure put on suspects during police questioning is enormous. __________ . (46)“The pressure is important to understand,because otherwise it's impossible to understand why someone would say he did something he didn’t do.The answer is:to put all end to an uncomfortable situation that will continue until he does confess.
* G" @. O2 y2 O1 `, I% j8 C/ U3 mDevelopmental psychologist Mary Redlich recently conducted a laboratory study to determine how likely people are to confess to things they didn’t do. __________ . (47)the researchers then intentionally crashed the computers and accused the participants of hitting “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 falsely 59 percent of the young adults in the experiment immediately confessed. __________. (48) Of the 15-to 16-year-olds,72 percent signed confessions,as 3-year-olds.
0 Y5 Z8 b! H) N, v2 d* _! ?“There’s no question that young people are more at risk,”says Saul Kassin,a psychology professor at Williams College,who has done similar studies with similar . __________ . (49)
5 p) q( f0 K9 R9 M$ k$ dBoth Kassin and Redlich note that the entire ‘‘interrogation” in their experiments consisted of a simple accusation-not hours of aggressive questioning--and still,most participants falsely decision.”
5 Z# u. z7 g. d# [/ w* H G__________ . (50)“In some ways,”says Kassin,“false confession becomes a rational A In her experiment,participants were seated at computers and told not to hit the“alt” key,because doing So would crash the systems.* I6 f6 |, i) I8 g" a8 X
A In her experiment,participants were seated at computers and told not to hit the“alt” key, because doing So would crash the systems.
& M8 R+ m1 x8 BB Because of the stress of a police interrogation,they conclude,suspects can become convinced that falsely confessing is the easiest way out of a bad situation.
, M i: [2 r( x6 {C “It’s a little like somebody’s working on them with a dental(牙齿) drill,” says Franklin Zimring,a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley.1 }0 ]6 f- S K! F" _, z9 q
D“But the baseline is that adults are highly vulnerable too.”
' z0 B1 `9 x4 U9 d xE The court found him innocent and he was released.; P; o3 {' y9 m4 C( C
F Redlich also found that the younger the participant,the more likely a false confession.
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! D3 j( C& b' w2 d' Y) P) }2 U, ^46.正确答案为C。这一段谈的是pressure方面的事,请注意在这个空格后面是一段引言,但没有原说话人的名字,这也给我们提示,在填入部分里应该有原说话人的名字。可以考虑的B、C、F三个选项, 但从内容上考虑应该选c。0 d! f. {: J9 |9 W5 i/ M
47.正确答案为A。这里填入的部分是对Redlich所做试验的描述,下文又讲到计算机,所以不难选定A。! z2 U, |) ]5 k' W8 Z' C
48.正确答案为F。这一段讲的是Redlich试验的结果,一开始就讲了她的finding。填入的部分里有also这个词,正好接上。而后面的一句话则用更具体的数据来支持她的结论:越年轻,越可能做假供。1 V# \2 J- p4 [: s: l/ G# P
49.正确答案为.D。Saul Kassin同意Redlich的结果,她认为年轻人风险大(more at risk),但同时她又认为成年人也十分脆弱(vulnerable)。( C3 r5 K: H! [4 _, u. l4 x+ p0 _- `
50.正确答案为B。由于在审讯过程中受到的压力,许多人认为做假供是一种摆脱厄境的方法,因此也是一种合理的决定。 |