Exploring own-age biases in deception detection

The present study explored own-age biases in deception detection, investigating whether individuals were more likely to trust those in their own-age group. Younger and older participants were asked to detect deceit from videos of younger and older speakers, rating their confidence in each decision....

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Published in:Cognition and emotion 2014-04, Vol.28 (3), p.493-506
Main Authors: Slessor, Gillian, Phillips, Louise H., Ruffman, Ted, Bailey, Phoebe E., Insch, Pauline
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Deception
Decision Making
Detection
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
In-group/Out-group model
Male
Middle Aged
Own-age biases
Peer Group
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social cognition
Social interactions. Communication. Group processes
Social psychology
Trust
Trustworthiness
Truth
Videotapes
Young Adult
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Summary:The present study explored own-age biases in deception detection, investigating whether individuals were more likely to trust those in their own-age group. Younger and older participants were asked to detect deceit from videos of younger and older speakers, rating their confidence in each decision. Older participants showed an own-age bias: they were more likely to think that deceptive speakers of their own age, relative to younger speakers, were telling the truth. Older participants were also more confident in their judgements of own-age, relative to other-age, speakers. There were no own-age biases for younger participants. In a subsequent (apparently unrelated) task, participants were asked to rate the trustworthiness of the speakers. Both age groups of participants trusted younger speakers who had previously told the truth more compared to those who had lied. This effect was not found for older speakers. These findings are considered in relation to the in-group/out-group model of social cognition and common stereotypical beliefs held about younger and older adults.
ISSN:0269-9931
1464-0600
DOI:10.1080/02699931.2013.839438