CRM/LAW C105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Confirmation Bias
14 Mar 2016
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Interviewing children an intentional act designed to impart a belief that the communicator knows is not true. Majority of research on deception involves adults: 50% accuracy, confidence and accuracy are not related. Research questions: how well can adults detect children"s false statements (compared to chance): overall, honest, dishonest. Does detection ability differ between professionals and laypersons: social workers, clinical psychologists, classroom teachers. How the lie was generated: authentic own volition, explicit coaching telling the child specifically what they"re going to lie about, implicit coaching tell kids to generate their own lies. Whether or not the lie was associated with wrongdoing: child"s transgression what they did wrong themselves, other"s transgression someone else does something wrong and tells kid to lie about it, no transgression. Meta-analysis inclusion/ exclusion criteria: age: anyone under 17. 45 different studies oldest kids 15, youngest 3. 28 false reports, 13 false denials, 4 both.
