Abstract
Abstract The memory reports of a given individual may be altered by preceding memory reports of another individual, a phenomenon termed memory conformity. To investigate this phenomenon, 58 undergraduate students were separated in two groups which watched one of two slightly different movies of a crime scene (one included an accomplice). Subsequently, pairs containing one participant from each group discussed the movie, and then participants responded individually whether there was an accomplice in the scene. The frequency of false reports and their confidence for the presence/absence of the accomplice were analyzed. Only false reports of seeing an accomplice were produced (by 31% of those who saw no accomplice), and confidence were as high for these responses as for correct “no-accomplice” responses. The data is consistent with prior findings, and show that confidence on false reports can be high when involving “insertion” of elements to witnessed events.
Highlights
Relatos falsos sobre um cúmplice na cena do crime: efeitos da conformidade na confiança e na acurácia da memória
The results show that in the current paradigm a strong memory conformity effect emerged
The mean confidence on the responses to the critical question reported by the participants who correctly claimed seeing an accomplice in the scene was of 4.76 (SD = 0.69), which was statistically higher than the mean confidence on the incorrect responses about the presence of an accomplice reported by the group who had not seen the accomplice, t(35) = 2.16, p = 0.037, but only marginally different from the mean confidence on correct “no accomplice” responses reported by the group who had not seen the accomplice, t(45) = 1.94, p = 0.058
Summary
Relatos falsos sobre um cúmplice na cena do crime: efeitos da conformidade na confiança e na acurácia da memória. 58 estudantes de graduação foram separados em dois grupos, os quais assistiram cada um a um vídeo ligeiramente diferente de um mesmo crime (em um havia um cúmplice). Os resultados confirmam experimentos anteriores e mostram que a confiança em relatos falsos pode ser alta quando se trata de “inserção” de elementos em um evento testemunhado. Informes falsos de un cómplice en la escena del crimen: efectos de conformidad en la confianza y precisión de la memoria. Los resultados confirman los experimentos anteriores y muestran que la confianza en los informes falsos puede ser alta cuando se trata de “insertar” elementos en los eventos atestiguados.
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