Conformidade entre testemunhas oculares: efeitos de falsas informações nos relatos criminais

Renan Beningo Saraiva; Fabio Iglesias; Gabriel Micas; Clara Araujo; Clara Lima; Marcela Costa

doi:10.1590/1413-82712015200108

Conformidade entre testemunhas oculares: efeitos de falsas informações nos relatos criminais

Translated title of the contribution: Eyewitness conformity: effect of false information on criminal reports

Renan Beningo Saraiva, Fabio Iglesias, Gabriel Micas, Clara Araujo, Clara Lima, Marcela Costa

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The current study investigated how misinformation presented to eyewitnesses can affect the reliability of their reports. An experiment was conducted with 54 participants, divided in two conditions. All participants watched a video of a crime scene, and then answered a questionnaire about the content of the video. In one condition participants filled the questionnaire individually and then discussed their answers with a confederate, instructed to provide misinformation to participants. After the discussion participants were required to provide a new report. In another condition participants made the whole procedure individually, without receiving any misinformation. Mistakes in the presence of the confederate were higher when compared to the condition with no confederate. Potential factors underlying the distortion of memories through conformity, as well as practical implications of the results are discussed.

Translated title of the contribution	Eyewitness conformity: effect of false information on criminal reports
Original language	Portuguese
Pages (from-to)	87-96
Number of pages	10
Journal	Psico-USF
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-82712015200108
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

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