Question

Dan Lassiter and his colleagues have conducted numerous studies using the following paradigm: The confession of a prisoner is recorded on videotape. The defense is claiming that the confession was coerced by a manipulative interrogator who carefully guided the conversation and tricked the prisoner into confessing. The prosecution is arguing that the prisoner confessed of his own free will and was entirely responsible for his words on the videotape. According to research done by Taylor and Fiske (1975), what video angle would most likely lead viewers to believe the defense?

Answer 1

Answer:

An angle that shows the interrogator's face.

Explanation:

According to research done by Taylor and Fiske (1975), the video angle that would most likely lead viewers to believe the defense is the angle that shows the interrogator's face. According to Taylor and Fiske (1975), the point of view influences our "perceptions of causality", in their book on social cognition. If the video angle focuses on the interrogator, the viewers would probably believe the defense.