Acceptance of Misleading Information by Children and Adults
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13648462 |
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| Authors | Camille V Molyneaux (John Carroll University, corresponding author), Janet D Larsen (John Carroll University) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 267-274 |
| Publication date | 1992-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1992.71.1.267 |
| PMID | 1529068 |
| OpenAlex | W2066607054 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
A total of 294 subjects from Grades 1, 3, 6, and college viewed a videotape of a birthday party and heard misleading information embedded in three of nine questions they answered about what they had seen. Two days later, the subjects answered six additional questions which tested whether they had accepted the misleading information. Half the subjects had heard misleading information about three of the questions and half heard misleading information about the other three questions. The results indicated that a significant number of both children and adults accepted the misleading information embedded in three of the six questions. For only one question was there any difference in the likelihood that subjects in different grades would accept misleading information
Educational Strategies and Epistemologies · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychological and Educational Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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