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The Effect of Retention Interval on the Confidence–Accuracy Relationship for Eyewitness Identification
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posted on 2023-05-18, 04:35 authored by James SauerJames Sauer, Brewer, N, Zweck, T, Weber, NRecent research using a calibration approach indicates that eyewitness confidence assessments obtained immediately after a positive identification decision provide a useful guide as to the likely accuracy of the identification. This study extended research on the boundary conditions of the confidence-accuracy (CA) relationship by varying the retention interval between encoding and identification test. Participants (N = 1,063) viewed one of five different targets in a community setting and attempted an identification from an 8-person target-present or -absent lineup either immediately or several weeks later. Compared to the immediate condition, the delay condition produced greater overconfidence and lower diagnosticity. However, for choosers at both retention intervals there was a meaningful CA relationship and diagnosticity was much stronger at high than low confidence levels.
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Publication title
Law and Human BehaviorVolume
34Issue
4Pagination
337-47ISSN
0147-7307Department/School
School of Psychological SciencesPublisher
Kluwer Academic/Plenum PublPlace of publication
233 Spring St, New York, USA, Ny, 10013Rights statement
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