Jared Was Questioning a Suspect Using the Reid Technique, and After

question 54

Multiple Choice

Jared was questioning a suspect using the Reid technique, and after a long and exhausting interrogation, the suspect falsely confessed to the crime just to put an end to the interrogation. When hearing this confession, Jared felt even more confident that the suspect was guilty. This is an illustration of the phenomenon that psychologists call:

• A) false-positive bias.
• B) attribution bias.
• C) exhaustion bias.
• D) confirmation bias.

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