How Cops Use Psychology To Make You Talk
In this episode, Dr. K analyzes real-world police interrogation footage to break down the psychological tactics used to extract confessions, separating genuine emotional connection from extreme psychological pressure. He explains how prolonged interrogation and severe mental fatigue break down healthy defense mechanisms, causing people to comply with authority figures, doubt their own memories, or make false admissions under extreme distress. Moving past common interrogation myths, Dr. K breaks down real tactics like wearing people down, offering ego-syntonic "good choice" framing, and using…
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