THE EFFECT OF CONFIDENCE AND METHOD OF QUESTIONING ON EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY

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作者：

Venter, A. ^{[1
]}

Louw, D. A. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Free State, Dept Psychol, Ctr Psychol & Law, Clin Psychol, Bloemfontein, South Africa

[2] Univ Free State, Dept Psychol, Ctr Psychol & Law, Criminol, Bloemfontein, South Africa

来源：

MEDICINE AND LAW | 2005年 / 24卷 / 02期

关键词：

Perception and memory; Eyewitness testimony; System variables; Confidence-accuracy relationship; Method of questioning and eyewitness accuracy; Method of questioning and confidence; Open-ended versus closed-ended questions; Type of details and confidence-accuracy relationship; Central versus peripheral details and method of questioning;

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D9 [法律]; DF [法律];

学科分类号：

0301 ;

摘要：

Very often eyewitnesses are perceived as being accurate due to the confidence in the accuracy of their own testimony. The confidence displayed by an eyewitness may possibly be increased by the method of questioning used by legal professionals and police. The present study examines the confidence-accuracy relationship and the effect the method of questioning (open-ended versus closed-ended questions) may have on the confidence of eyewitnesses. The sample of 412 respondents consisted of scholars (11 to 14-year-olds), university students, the public and Police College students. A significant relationship between memory accuracy and confidence was found for more than 70% of the questions. Closed-ended questions provided a significantly higher rate of accuracy than open-ended questions. A significantly larger proportion of respondents to the closed-ended questions were more confident about their answers than those who responded to the open-ended questions.

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页码：369 / 389

页数：21

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