PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Longitudinal Study, Recognition Memory, Problem Solving
15 Apr 2013
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Target-present lineup: adult and children have same accuracy. Children as young as 4 years old can have the same accuracy as adults. Target-absent lineup: children are more likely to identify an innocent person as compared to adults. Children are more likely to pick someone over saying the culprit isn"t present. Reasons: children feel pressure by police, maybe don"t understand that they can say that the culprit is absent. Children make more errors with a sequential lineup vs. simultaneous lineup. All pictures in the lineup are presented to the child and they are asked to select the one that looks most like the culprit (relative judgment) The child is then asked to compare his/her memory to the selected photograph and determine if the person is the culprit (absolute judgment) Combination of both simultaneous and sequential lineups. Children who experience sexual abuse & testify have more problems during the trial than those who do not.
