In a study by Lassiter and his colleagues (2007), they found that when judges and police officers viewed tapes of interrogations, they were more likely to find the confession of a suspect voluntary when the camera focused only on the suspect.Why?

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The perceptual salience of the suspect (i.e. the focus of the camera) triggered the fundamental attribution error, which is the tendency to overemphasize dispositional (personality) explanations for behavior and overlook situational factors. In this case, judges and police officers were more likely to attribute the confession to the suspect's own free will rather than the influence of the interrogation techniques or situation.

In a Study by Lassiter and His Colleagues (2007), They