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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Detecting Deceit in Pairs of Children1
Contributor:
Strömwall, Leif A.;
Granhag, Pär Anders
imprint:
Wiley, 2007
Published in:Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00213.x
ISSN:
0021-9029;
1559-1816
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p>This study examined adults’ ability to distinguish between truthful and deceptive pairs of children. Adult observers (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 88) judged the veracity of one of 22 truthful or deceptive pairs of children (12–13 years). The children were interviewed separately about their real or imagined encounters with an unknown man. Analyses showed that the overall accuracy was 62.5%; significantly better than chance level of 50%. Deception detection accuracy was higher when watching both pair members than when watching one child. The analysis of self‐reported cues to deception given by observers showed that the consistency between the children's statements was the most frequent cue. An analysis of the actual consistency of children's statements showed significantly more contradictions in the deceptive statements.</jats:p>