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Social demand characteristics in children's and adults' eyewitness memory and suggestibility: the effect of different interviewers on free recall and recognition
Author(s) -
Bjorklund David F.,
Cassel William S.,
Bjorklund Barbara R.,
Brown Rhonda Douglas,
Park Cynthia L.,
Ernst Kim,
Owen Felicia A.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/1099-0720(200009)14:5<421::aid-acp659>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - suggestibility , psychology , recall , interview , eyewitness memory , free recall , context (archaeology) , developmental psychology , cognitive interview , eyewitness testimony , recognition memory , memoria , social psychology , cognitive psychology , cognition , psychiatry , political science , law , biology , paleontology
Shortly after viewing a video of a theft, 5‐ and 7‐year‐old children and adults were interviewed with free recall and either misleading or unbiased‐leading questions. After a 2‐day delay, participants were interviewed with free recall and recognition questions administered by either the same or a different interviewer. Results from day 1 replicate previous findings with levels of recall and resistance to suggestibility increasing with age. Counter to predictions, correct recognition performance on day 2 was greater for some participants interviewed by the same as opposed to a different interviewer, and incorrect recognition was greater for all groups of participants for those interviewed by a different as opposed to the same interviewer. Results are discussed in terms of the role of context dependence on memory performance. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.