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Verschuere, Bruno; Bogaard, Glynis; Meijer, Ewout – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2021
The Verifiability Approach predicts that truth tellers will include details that can be verified by the interviewer, whereas liars will refrain from providing such details. A meta-analysis revealed that truth tellers indeed provided more verifiable details (k = 28, d = 0.49, 95% CI [0.25; 0.74], BF[subscript 10] = 93.28), and a higher proportion…
Descriptors: Deception, Ethics, Credibility, Incentives
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Leal, Sharon; Vrij, Aldert; Deeb, Haneen; Fisher, Ronald P. – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2023
Interviewees sometimes deliberately omit reporting some information. Such omission lies differ from other lies because all the information interviewees present may be entirely truthful. Truth tellers and lie tellers carried out a mission. Truth tellers reported the entire mission truthfully. Lie tellers were also entirely truthful but left out one…
Descriptors: Interviews, Deception, Ethics, Disclosure
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Horry, Ruth; Hughes, Chelsea; Sharma, Anagha; Gabbert, Fiona; Hope, Lorraine – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2021
The Self-Administered Interview (SAI©) is designed to elicit detailed witness reports in the aftermath of incidents. In two sets of meta-analyses, we compared the number of correct details reported, the number of incorrect details reported, and the accuracy of reports provided by witnesses in initial reports (SAI© vs. other reporting formats) and…
Descriptors: Interviews, Measurement Techniques, Accuracy, Credibility
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Skrifvars, Jenny; Antfolk, Jan; van Veldhuizen, Tanja; Sui, Veronica; Korkman, Julia – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2022
Previous research has indicated that asylum interviewers--contrary to recommendations--use more closed than open questions to elicit information. In the current study, we investigated how information is elicited in asylum interviews by analyzing question-answer pairs in 105 official Finnish asylum interview transcripts. We developed a new coding…
Descriptors: Interviews, Refugees, Recall (Psychology), Personal Narratives
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Rosen, Alexis S.; Hirst, Rayna B.; Brown, Colin C.; Arastu, Sana F.; Hedbabny, Katharine – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2022
Research has begun to investigate the reliability of cannabis-intoxicated eyewitnesses; however, no studies have evaluated eyewitness memory among chronic cannabis users after a minimum 24-h abstinence. This study compared cannabis users' (n = 23) and nonusers' (n = 26) eyewitness recall/identification and investigated the relationship between…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Marijuana, Drug Use, Comparative Analysis
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Given-Wilson, Zoe; Memon, Amina – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2022
There has been a dramatic increase in use of remote communication via audio-visual technology since the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes use in complex legal hearings where decisions rely heavily on credibility assessments of an individual and their interview statement. This is particularly relevant in legal settings where negative assessments can…
Descriptors: Credibility, COVID-19, Pandemics, Decision Making
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Lim, Alliyza; Young, Robyn L.; Brewer, Neil – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2022
Behaviors such as gaze aversion and repetitive movements are commonly believed to be signs of deception and low credibility; however, they may also be characteristic of individuals with developmental or mental health conditions. We examined the effect of five behaviors that are common among autistic individuals--gaze aversion, repetitive…
Descriptors: Altruism, Nonverbal Communication, Credibility, Deception