By George, I think you've got it : the social influence of interviewers on eyewitness confidence

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dc.contributor.authorGarrioch, Lynn Jenniferen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-13T22:52:10Z
dc.date.available2024-08-13T22:52:10Z
dc.date.copyright1997en_US
dc.date.issued1997
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractSocial interactions can cause increases and decreases in eyewitnesses' post-identification confidence (Luus & Wells, 1994). This thesis focuses on the social influence that interviewers have on eyewitnesses' confidence. Do interviewers influence witnesses' confidence when the officers believe they know who the alleged suspect is? What happens when the witness makes an identification that confirms a lineup administrators expectations; what happens when this expectation is not confirmed? In this study, introductory psychology participant-interviewers (g=91) administered photo lineups to introductory psychology participant-witnesses (g=91) who viewed a simulated theft. The interviewers incidentally learned about the thief, but they never viewed the simulated theft. By the time the participant-interviewer administered the lineup to the participant-witness, the interviewer should have had a strong suspicion about who the culprit was. Would this suspicion be transmitted to the witness and ultimately affect the witness's confidence? A one-way ANOVA and a subsequent Dunnett's post - hoc test revealed that witness's confidence lowered when the witness identified the wrong lineup member who looked similar to the alleged suspect than when the witness confirmed the interviewer's belief by choosing the alleged suspect.
dc.format.extent72 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/17865
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.titleBy George, I think you've got it : the social influence of interviewers on eyewitness confidenceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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