Susan Amato

• Effects of Outside Issues on the Comparison Question Test

  Charles R Honts, Susan Amato et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of General Psychology•2004

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  In the present study, the authors examined the effects of outside issues on the validity of the Comparison Question Test in a laboratory mock-crime paradigm. In a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design, 192 participants either did or did not commit (a) a mock theft of a dollar (about which they were tested), or (b) a mock theft of dollars 20 (the outside issue); and they either were or were not asked questions about an outside issue. The presence of the outs…

• The Willingness of Children to Lie and the Assessment of Credibility in an Ecologically Relevant Laboratory Setting

  Marcus Choi Tye, Susan Amato et al.•ARTICLE•Applied Developmental Science•1999

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  A series of 4 experiments were conducted to (a) determine the willingness of children to lie in a realistic setting, (b) compare judgments of credibility from both lay evaluations and Criterion-Based Content Analysis (CBCA), and (c) examine the effects of expert testimony regarding Statement Validity Assessment on mock jurors who were asked to make evaluations of the children's statements. In Experiment 1, 81% of children who witnessed a research…

• The Willingness of Children to Lie and the Assessment of Credibility in an Ecologically Relevant Laboratory Setting

  Marcus Choi Tye, Susan Amato et al.•ARTICLE•Applied Developmental Science•1999

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  A series of 4 experiments were conducted to (a) determine the willingness of children to lie in a realistic setting, (b) compare judgments of credibility from both lay evaluations and Criterion-Based Content Analysis (CBCA), and (c) examine the effects of expert testimony regarding Statement Validity Assessment on mock jurors who were asked to make evaluations of the children's statements. In Experiment 1, 81% of children who witnessed a research…

• Effects of Outside Issues on the Comparison Question Test

  Charles R Honts, Susan Amato et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of General Psychology•2004

  Añadir item

  In the present study, the authors examined the effects of outside issues on the validity of the Comparison Question Test in a laboratory mock-crime paradigm. In a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design, 192 participants either did or did not commit (a) a mock theft of a dollar (about which they were tested), or (b) a mock theft of dollars 20 (the outside issue); and they either were or were not asked questions about an outside issue. The presence of the outs…

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