Modern Psychological Studies
Periodical Title
Modern Psychological Studies
Volume
8
Number
1
Page Numbers
pages 37-44
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Date
2001
Abstract
Previous research dealing with the effects of source credibility on eyewitness' memories has found that sources that are seen as credible by the eyewitness' are more likely to be believed and more often change the witness' original memory than do sources seen as not credible. The present experiment is an extension of the previous research testing if adults that witness an event are affected differently by the misinformation presented by a child (non credible source) or an adult (credible source). Fifty-two people were shown a video depicting a scene of a husband and a wife arguing in their home. They were then given a narrative that contained some misinformation and some correct information about four critical details. Finally the subjects' memory for the original event seen was tested with a standard forced-choice recognition test. Accuracy and confidence levels were measured. The analyses revealed that witnesses were less accurate in the misinformation condition than in the correct condition, p=.048. However, source credibility did not affect witnesses accuracy differentially, p>.05.
Subject
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Document Type
article
DCMI Type
Text
Extent
8 leaves
Language
English
Call Number
BF1 .M63 v. 8 no. 1 2001
Rights
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Recommended Citation
Wolesky, Shelly and Marmolejo, Gloria
(2001)
"The influence of postevent credibility in the report of eyewitnessed events,"
Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 8:
No.
1, Article 9.
Available at:
https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol8/iss1/9
Department
Dept. of Psychology