Sheri Has Been Charged with the Murder of a Child

question 13

Multiple Choice

Sheri has been charged with the murder of a child that was in her care.When she was first brought in for questioning, she denied doing anything to hurt the child, but after 16 hours of questioning, she starts to believe that she did, in fact, hurt the child (in actuality, she didn't) .What type of false confession is this according to Kassin and Wrightsman (1985) ?

• A)compliant false confession
• B)externalized false confession
• C)internalized false confession
• D)voluntary false confession

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