PSYC 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Confabulation
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More likely to allow false info leak into their mind. Forced them to pick an answer and seem to become part of their memory. Stereotype about the suspect and suggest that this particular person commits it. Ta playing and getting hot and asking children to help to take off sweaters. One group asking questions toward the idea that ta is bad. Did the ta take off your clothes. Answered no to all these three questions initially. Control group is more likely to report yes to the above. Non-verbal props three questions one week later. Ask children to show what happened using the dolls. Helpful to children whose languages are not fully developed. Hard for children to understand that symbolic representation. Videotape the interview to reduce interview bias. Cons: asking about their emotions might be hard because they don"t understand emotions as well as adults do. Forced choices but with a wide range of answers.
