The ability of psychologists, lawyers and psychology students to predict children's performance in memory and suggestibility experiments
Engelsk titel: The ability of psychologists, lawyers and psychology students to predict children's performance in memory and suggestibility experiments
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Författare:
Santtila, Pekka
;
Slama, Susanna
;
Korkman, Jula
;
Finnila, Katarina
Email: pekka.santtila@abo.fi
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 47
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UI-nummer: 14091129
Sammanfattning
The aim of this article was to explore whether psychologists, lawyers, and psychology students
would be able to predict how children behave in memory and suggestibility experiments and if
this ability is associated with different measures of experience. The participants (N = 63) were to
predict the results of a series of published research studies pertaining to children’s memory and
suggestibility. The results indicated that the ability of the participants to predict the behavior of
children was overall low and unrelated to experience. It was concluded that professionals who
should be able to assess children’s functioning as witnesses may not be able to do so.