Using Witness Confidence Can Impair The Ability To Detect Deception  

Oleh:

Tetterton, Veronica S. ; Warren, Amye R.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Criminal Justice and Behavior vol. 32 no. 4 (Aug. 2006), page 433-451.
Topik: detecting deception; judgment; eyewitness testimony; confidence; juries; nonverbal communication; verbal communication
Fulltext: 433.pdf (115.2KB)

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Prior research has shown that jurors rely on confidence in discriminating between accurate and inaccurate testimonies despite the weak relationship between the two. The purpose of this study is to learn if truth seekers also use confidence in judging truthfulness. In two studies, participants were either not given instructions regarding witness confidence or were told not to use witness confidence, and then they were asked to rate the believability of the videotaped testimony of four witnesses who varied in confidence and truthfulness. Regardless of the instructions, participants did rely on confidence and rated highly confident testimonies as more believable. They also rated false testimonies as significantly more believable than true statements

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