In Their Studies, Lassiter and Colleagues Asked People to Evaluate

question 58

Multiple Choice

In their studies, Lassiter and colleagues asked people to evaluate a confession from three camera angles: showing the suspect only, interrogator only, and both interrogator and suspect. It was found that:

• A) the camera angles had no effect on the evaluation of the confession's voluntariness.
• B) judges are immune to the camera-angle bias when evaluating confessions.
• C) in the equal-focus camera perspective, the confession was rated as much less coerced.
• D) in the suspect-only angle, the confession was rated as much less coerced.

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