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Partners in recall: Collaborative order in the recall of a police interrogation
Author(s) -
Stephenson Geoffrey M.,
Abrams Dominic,
Wagner Wolfgang,
Wade Gillian
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1986.tb00748.x
Subject(s) - interrogation , testimonial , psychology , recall , dyad , social psychology , recall test , lie detection , free recall , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , deception , archaeology , advertising , business , history
Subjects watched a video‐recording of a police interrogation of a woman who alleged she had been raped. They were randomly divided into pairs. In the individual‐dyadic (ID) condition subjects first individually, and subsequently as a dyad, free‐recalled the interrogation, answered specific questions about it, and gave ratings of confidence. In the DI condition the order in which subjects undertook the tasks was reversed. Dyadic recall was no more complete when following than when preceding individual recall. Testimonial validity was, however, superior in the ID condition. Individual confidence, and not truth, was a better predictor of dyadic decision.