Modern Psychological Studies
Periodical Title
Modern Psychological Studies
Volume
1
Number
1
Page Numbers
pages 14-19
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Date
1992
Abstract
The recall of an event such as a robbery has been shown to be affected by how closely post-event information corresponds to what the witness actually saw. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the effect of misleading information may be influenced by expertise of the source of the post-event information. Results revealed that subjects recalled less accurately when they received misleading information in the narrative than when the information corresponded with what they had viewed, whereas the accuracy of the recall was unaffected by whether the witness in the narrative was an expert or a non-expert. Subjects rated the narrative witnesses as having equal credibility. This study suggests that the memory for events related to a crime-scene may be impaired by misleading post-event information, but is unaffected by the source of that misleading information when the sources differ in occupational expertise.
Subject
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Document Type
article
DCMI Type
Text
Extent
6 leaves
Language
English
Call Number
BF1 .M63 v. 1 no. 1 1992
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
Dickens, Dirk; Ishigame, Alice; Subacz, David; Sponsel, Stephanie; Strader, Matthew; and Foy, Judith
(1992)
"The interaction of source and post-event misinformation on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony,"
Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 1:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol1/iss1/4
Department
Dept. of Psychology