The accuracy^confidence correlation in eyewitness testimony

Limits and extensions of the retrospective self-awareness effect

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ID10153333
AuthorsSaul M Kassin (0000-0002-0495-8377, Williams College, corresponding author), Scott Rigby, Sylvia R Castillo
Year1991
Volume61
Issue5
Pages698-707
Publication date1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1037//0022-3514.61.5.698
PMID1753326
OpenAlexW2063681381
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited3

This research extended Kassin's (1985) finding that retrospective self-awareness (RSA) increases the correlation between eyewitness accuracy and confidence. In Experiment 1, 91 mock witnesses saw a crime, answered questions, made an identification decision, and rated their confidence. RSA increased the accuracy-confidence correlation for witnesses who made an identification and for those who were high but not low in public self-consciousness. A 2nd experiment varied accountability and revealed that high accountability increased the accuracy-confidence correlation but that the RSA effect occurred even under low-accountability conditions. In both studies, observers could not distinguish between accurate and inaccurate witnesses. Together, these findings define the limits of the RSA effect and provide mixed support for a self-perception account of this effect

Accountability · Confidence interval · Consciousness · Correlation · Data mining · Eyewitness identification · Identification (biology · Low Confidence · Perception · Political science · Relation (database · Self-confidence · Statistics · Computer Science · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Law · Mathematics · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychological and Educational Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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