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

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15029331
AutoresMarcus Choi Tye, Susan Amato, Susan L Amato, Charles R Honts (0000-0002-6925-731X), Mary K Devitt, Douglas Peters
Año1999
Volumen3
Número2
Páginas92-109
Fecha de publicación1999-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaApplied Developmental Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1088-8691 • E-ISSN: 1532-480X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1207/s1532480xads0302_4
OpenAlexW2091821207
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas15

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 assistant steal a textbook made accusations against the thief (truthful), 69% of children who did not witness the theft accused the research assistant of the theft following prompting by significant others, and 56% of the children who witnessed a significant other steal the textbook incorrectly accused the research assistant following a request from their significant other. Using the statements obtained from the children in Experiment 1, Experiments 2 and 3 found that classification accuracy of lay evaluators was significantly poorer than expert application of CBCA, which resulted in 89% classification accuracy. Finally, brief exposure to CBCA expert testimony appeared to have no benefits on mock jurors' assessments of credibility of the children's statements in Experiment 4. Implications for North American legal systems are discussed

Credibility · Deception · Expert witness · Forensic psychology · Hearsay · Lie detection · Political science · Statement (logic · Witness · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Jury Decision Making Processes · Law · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology