Psychology 2032A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Sleep Disorder, Inter-Rater Reliability, Dating Abuse

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: McKeown

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Chapter 6: child victims and witnesses: can be traced by the salem witch trials in 1692 children told falsehoods and claimed they witnessed the defendant perform supernatural feats. In the early 1900s, the prevailing negative attitudes towards child witnesses were tested. Whipple"s (cid:894)(cid:1005)9(cid:1004)9, (cid:1005)9(cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:895) (cid:396)esults i(cid:374)di(cid:272)ated that (cid:272)hild(cid:396)e(cid:374) (cid:449)e(cid:396)e highl(cid:455) suggesti(cid:271)le. They were unable to tell fact from fantasy, capable of providing inaccurate testimony, even if the testimony was significant: few studies during the mid-20th century criminal justice system was not interested in this. Interest in behavioural science research regarding child witnesses increased in the 1970s due to increasing number of reported sexual assaults and physical abuse. Not uncommon for these to contain preschoolers. Interviewing process study by powell, mufett and thomson results revealed that: Question technique was not considered does not follow the best procedures. Recall for events: fabricating: making false claims, children are capable of accurately recalling forensically relevant details of the events.