Confessions: Article Analysis

While discussing confessions, the authors of this article have come across an interesting topic. There have been a variety of studies done that have analyzed the reason behind why someone confesses to doing certain transgressions. But there hasn’t been a study done to look into the extent one confesses. Does one fully confess to their transgressions or are there occasions where they only partially confess. People often confess in order to make themselves feel better and less guilty. When one is faced with admitting to doing something wrong, majority of the time they look for ways to justify their action. Different ways they can do this include denying responsibility, downplaying their action, and or blaming someone else. Also people tend to use partial confessions as a way of looking more innocent to the people around them resulting in them receiving a …show more content…
I believe when it comes to admitting something an individual has done it is best to tell the truth even if that results in hurting one’s feelings. People are often scared of telling the complete truth because they are worried about how the other party is going to react or what the consequences will be. At the end of the day all you can do is hope they understand. If you only confess partially, the other half of the confession is going to come out eventually. This study was really interesting because I never thought that someone who only confesses partially will feel worse than someone who actually confesses the whole truth. It wasn’t shocking to read about the reason behind why some people only tell the partial truth. Some people rather live with the guilt as opposed to dealing with the consequences of their actions and making it appear as if it was not their faults. After reading this I’ve learned that people partially confess to their actions to make it seem less severe than it