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The Importance of Social Connection and Creating a Safe Environment for Information Elicitation
This chapter explores the innate human need for social connections and discusses the differences between psychopaths and average individuals in terms of their wired need for social connection. It emphasizes the importance of creating a safe and comfortable environment and contrasts the misconceptions perpetuated by media regarding the interrogation process with successful real-life techniques.
Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Doctor Is In Series – where we will discuss understandings and developments in the field of psychology.
In today’s episode, Chris and Abbie are discussing: Information Elicitation. We will discuss what it is, why it’s so important to use ‘science-based interviewing’, and why approaches that encourage cooperation are better than manipulation of information retrieval. [Feb 6, 2023]
00:00 – Intro
00:20 – Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro
00:54 – Intro Links
03:58 – The Topic of the Day: Information Elicitation
05:41 – How does your scientific research affect practitioners?
06:47 – Start with the Brain
07:32 – Elicitation: A Scientific Definition
09:36 – Weaponizing Elicitation
11:17 – It's Easier Than You Think
13:40 – The Perils of Poker Face
16:41 – Being on the Defensive
19:17 – Me, You, and Us
21:28 – The Verbal Approaches
25:16 – Collaboration is Key!
30:37 – An Effective Approach: Subliminal Priming
32:00 – "They'll Become What They're Called"
33:33 – This Applies to Life
35:07 – Make it Conversational
36:56 – The Scharff Technique
40:48 – Forensic vs Clinical
43:23 – Last Week on "24"
45:01 – Tips for the Boss: Shame Doesn't Work
49:41 – This is the Hardest Part
51:46 – Wrap Up & Outro
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