Social antecedents of children's eyewtness testimony a single-subject experimental analysis

In a laboratory simulation, a single-subject design was used to examine the effects of two types of social influence on children's eyewitness testimony, which has not been the subject of systematic behavioral analyses. This study replicates and extends findings from group-comparison studies, an...

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Published in:Journal of applied behavior analysis 2003, Vol.36 (4), p.459-463
Main Authors: Doepke, Karla J, Henderson, Angela L, Critchfield, Thomas S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Internal-External Control
Interview, Psychological
Jurisprudence
Male
Memory, Short-Term
Reproducibility of Results
Set (Psychology)
Suggestion
Truth Disclosure
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Summary:In a laboratory simulation, a single-subject design was used to examine the effects of two types of social influence on children's eyewitness testimony, which has not been the subject of systematic behavioral analyses. This study replicates and extends findings from group-comparison studies, and shows that a topic of pressing social importance is amenable to analysis at the individual level, and therefore, potentially, to a behavioral analysis.
ISSN:0021-8855
DOI:10.1901/jaba.2003.36-459