Improving the Disclosure of Information in an Investigative Interview: Rapport building and the Physical Environment
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disclosure / physical environment / interrogation rooms / context manipulation / rapport building.
Improving the Disclosure of Information in an Investigative Interview: Rapport building and the Physical Environment
When you think about an interrogation room, what do you picture? A small, dull, and anxiety-provoking room? You may be right; some interrogation rooms look like this. However, does the room really matter? Is it possible to influence the interviewee through the physical environment of the interrogation? We explore this topic by discussing the current scientific consensus regarding interrogation approaches, and summarize the available literature on how the physical environment influences the disclosure of information.
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/ moreBad day? How it can seem even worse for some
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emotion processing bias / attention bias / interpretation bias / memory bias / emotion
Bad day? How it can seem even worse for some
Many people do not realize how often our emotions affect us. Our emotions dictate what things we focus on or attend to, how we interpret things, and what things we think of or memories we recall. This article aims to describe how emotion processing biases occur in our lives.
The positive and negative events we experience during the day set the tone for the...
/ moreFake Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Costs Real Money
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Malingering / PTSD / Bogus / benefits / Deception detection
Fake Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Costs Real Money
As a diagnosis, Posttraumatic stress disorder ( PTSD) rests entirely on what people report about their symptoms. Thus, many people, such as Robert, Lisa, and even a Senator, who strive for compensation money or other benefits, falsely report suffering from it. While lying about the PTSD might be easy, detecting those who fabricate PTSD is a real challenge.
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