Which of the Following Factors Is Relevant in Deciding Whether

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of the following factors is relevant in deciding whether the defendant's confession was voluntary?

• A) The defendant's intelligence
• B) The existence of threats or false promises
• C) The location and duration of the interrogation session
• D) The defendant's intelligence, the existence of threats or false promises, and the location and duration of the interrogation session

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Definitions:

Cognition

The procedure of acquiring comprehension and insights by thinking, experiencing events, and sensory observation.

Top-Down Processing

An approach to processing information that starts with the brain's higher-level cognitive processes before receiving specific data from the senses.

Bottom-Up Processing

Analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain’s integration of sensory information.

Phantom Limb Sensations

The experience of sensations, often painful, in a limb that has been amputated, as if the limb were still present.