Videotaping interrogations of suspects
a. is illegal in the United States.
b. can help identify and prevent false confessions, but it makes a big difference who the camera is focused on.
c. can help identify and prevent false confessions, but it makes a big difference whether or not the police officers know they are being recorded.
d. is what helped authorities in the Central Park jogger case figure out that they wrong people had been convicted of the crime.
Question 2
Ben is worried that he will do poorly on his psychology test. Which of the following is the best example of behavioral self-handicapping?
a. He spends a couple of extra hours studying, and right before the test, he tells his friends that he studied really hard.
b. Instead of studying the night before, he stays up late watching movies on his computer. Right before the test, he tells his friends that he saw some great movies instead of studying.
c. He spends a couple of extra hours studying. Then, right before the test, he tells his friends that he isn't feeling very well.
d. Right before the test, Ben tells the professor that her class is the best one he's ever taken.
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