RT Article
T1 Trussht me, I know what I sshaw: the acceptance of misinformation from an apparently unreliable co-witness
JF Legal and criminological psychology
VO 21
IS 1
SP 127
OP 140
A1 Zajac, Rachel
A2 Dickson, Jake
A2 Munn, Robert
A2 O'Neill, Sarah
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1846938082
AB Purpose. We used apparent co-witness intoxication as a way to examine the effect of source credibility on the acceptance of misinformation from a co-witness. Methods. Alongside an experimental confederate, individual participants (N = 100) watched a clip involving two simulated thefts. Immediately beforehand, half of the participants watched the confederate consume what appeared to be three alcoholic beverages. During a subsequent discussion with the participant, the confederate introduced two pieces of misinformation about the clip. In the absence of the confederate, participants were then interviewed before completing a target-absent line-up task. Results. As expected, misinformation impaired participants’ verbal reports, and misinformation about appearance impaired line-up performance. Overall susceptibility to misinformation was not significantly related to co-witness condition, or to participants’ ratings of the confederate's intoxication or ability to accurately complete the tasks. On individual items, however, co-witness condition appeared to exert some influence on misinformation acceptance if the participant's pre-misinformation response was discrepant with the misinformation, but not when it was ‘don't know’. Conclusions. It is possible that effects of source credibility on misinformation acceptance may depend, at least to some extent, on the presence of a clear discrepancy between the misinformation and the witness's recollection.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 138-140
NO Gesehen am 30.05.2023
NO First published: 28 October 2013
K1 co-witnesses
K1 misinformation
K1 person descriptions
K1 Eyewitness identification
K1 Alcohol
DO 10.1111/lcrp.12032