It goes back to the culture differences again, and this time I got tables.
Our culture:
Their culture:
Source:
http://www.doceo.co.uk/background/shame_guilt.htm
The thing is, in the shame culture, what other people believe is more important than what actually happened. If other people believe you're innocent, then you ARE in effect innocent. So the instinct is to deny at all costs, because the truth is not really so important... even to you, internally.