职称英语考试

【单选题】Why Would They FalselyConfess Why 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． 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．Developmental psychologist Mary Redlich recently conducted a laboratory study todetermine 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 confesse
D、 __________. (48) Of the 15-to 16-year-olds，72 percent signed confessions，as13-year-olds． “There’s no question that young people are more at risk，”says Saul Kassin，a psychology professor at WilliamsCollege，who has done similar studies with similar . __________ . (49)Both 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．” __________ . (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．
A、In her experiment，participants were seated at computers and told not to hit the“alt” key, because doing So would crash the systems．B、Because of the stress of a police interrogation，they conclude，suspects can becomeconvinced that falsely confessing is the easiest way out of a bad situation．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 ofCalifornia atBerkeley．D“But the baseline is that adults are highly vulnerable too．”E、The court found him innocent and he was release
D、F Redlich also found that the younger the participant，the more likely a false confession．
网考网参考答案：D
网考网解析：
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)。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>