Can Clarifying Instructions Mitigate the Effects of Multifaceted Questions on Susceptibility to Suggestion?

Autor/inn/en	Chrobak, Quin M.; Braun, Blair E.; Smith, Allison L.; Zaragoza, Maria S.
Titel	Can Clarifying Instructions Mitigate the Effects of Multifaceted Questions on Susceptibility to Suggestion?
Quelle	In: Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35 (2021) 6, S.1502-1509 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Chrobak, Quin M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0888-4080
DOI	10.1002/acp.3883
Schlagwörter	Questioning Techniques; Instruction; Difficulty Level; Accuracy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Teaching process; Unterrichtsprozess; Schwierigkeitsgrad
Abstract	When cross-examining witnesses, lawyers will sometimes use complex questions to "trip-up" witnesses and thus cast doubt on their testimony. Extending prior research, the present study showed that multifaceted test questions (which contain both a true and false proposition) reduced accuracy for both misled and control participants but had a disproportionate impact on the former. Although misled participants accurately rejected blatant suggestions when tested with simple questions, there was a two-fold increase in false assents when multifaceted questions were used (Experiment 1). Providing participants with explicit instructions on how to respond to multifaceted questions (i.e., respond "yes" only if all parts of the question are true) improved accuracy slightly but did not mitigate the magnitude of the misinformation effect (Experiment 2). Collectively, the results underscore the importance of assessing eyewitness suggestibility in contexts that mimic those witnesses are likely to encounter in the real world. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01