Researcher ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7484-698X
Graduation Year
2022
Date of Submission
12-2021
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Psychology
Reader 1
Daniel Krauss
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2021 Trent H Lindsey
Abstract
The ability to determine the accuracy of eyewitnesses has been explored by many researchers. During the exploration, they examined the correlation between the eyewitness’s confidence and the accuracy of the identification. Wixted and Wells (2017) determined that the strongest confidence-accuracy correlation occurred immediately after identifying a suspect. However, are there other times that a “strong” correlation occurs? At least 120 participants (n 120) were assigned into one of three condition groups: post-identification only, pre-crime/post- identification, and pre/post-identification. Depending on the condition group, participants provided confidence assessments in their ability to identify the correct culprit at different times during the experiment. Based on past research, participants’ confidence assessments made before viewing the crime will have a negative correlation with the accuracy of a subsequent identification of the staged crime.
Recommended Citation
Lindsey, Trent, "Before Witnessing a Crime, Eyewitnesses Possess a Negative Confidence-Accuracy Correlation" (2022). CMC Senior Theses. 2837.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2837
