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- Title
The Mystery Man Can Help Reduce False Identification for Child Witnesses: Evidence from Video Line-ups.
- Authors
Havard, Catriona; Memon, Amina
- Abstract
It is well established that children (as young as 5 years) can correctly identify a target from a target present (TP) line-up as accurately as adults; however, when shown a target absent (TA) line-up, children make more false identifications. In the present study, children aged 5-7 and 8-11 years viewed a film of a staged theft, then 1-2 days later were shown either a TP or TA video line-up. Half of the witnesses viewed line-ups that included a 'mystery man' (a black silhouette with a white question mark), which they could select if they did not recognise anyone from the line-up. When the 'mystery man' was present in the line-up, there were significantly fewer false identifications for the TA line-ups. This study shows that including a silhouette in a video line-up can help reduce false identifications for children as young as 5 years of age, without reducing correct identifications. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
CHILD psychology; COGNITIVE psychology; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; IDENTIFICATION (Psychology) in children; TRUTHFULNESS &; falsehood; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2013, Vol 27, Issue 1, p50
- ISSN
0888-4080
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/acp.2870