What else could he have done? - Creating false answers in child witnesses by inviting speculation
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Schreiber, N; Wentura, D; Bilsky, W
署名单位：
University of Munster
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN/ISSBN：
0021-9010
DOI：
10.1037/0021-9010.86.3.525
发表日期：
2001
页码：
525-532
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摘要：
In 2 experiments (N = 111 children), a suggestive technique for interviewing child witnesses called inviting speculation was examined. Children were presented with atypical actions for common objects in a clown show. One week later, the children were asked to speculate (e.g., What else could he have done with the knife?) in a between-subjects design on all or none of the items (Experiment 1) and in a within-subjects design on part of the items (Experiment 2), thereby getting highly probable speculations (e.g., to cut). After a 3-week delay, the experimenters found more highly probable but not more other false answers for the experimental items (Experiment 2). After a 5-6-month delay, the rate of (unspecified) false answers increased compared with the baseline (Experiments I and 2). The short-term effect is explained by a speculation-as-misinformation assumption, whereas the long-term effect is explained by the use of a metastrategy.
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