TY - JOUR
T1 - Lineup member similarity effects on children's eyewitness identification
AU - Fitzgerald, Ryan J.
AU - Whiting, Brittany F.
AU - Therrien, Natalie M.
AU - Price, Heather L.
N1 - This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Fitzgerald, R. J., Whiting, B. F., Therrien, N. M. and Price, H. L. (2014), Lineup Member Similarity Effects on Children's Eyewitness Identification. Appl. Cognit. Psychol., 28: 409–418. doi: 10.1002/acp.3012, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acp.3012/full . This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - To date, research investigating the similarity among lineup members has focused on adult eyewitnesses. In the present research, children made identifications from lineups containing members of lower or higher similarity to a target person. In Experiment 1, following a live interaction, children's (6–14 years) correct identification rate was reduced in higher-similarity relative to lower-similarity lineups. In Experiment 2, children (6–12 years) and adults watched a video containing a target person. Again, higher-similarity lineup members reduced children's correct identifications; however, similarity had no effect on adults' correct identification rate. Although children benefited from lower-similarity lineups when the target was present, lower-similarity lineups generally increased misidentifications of an innocent suspect when the target was absent. Thus, increasing similarity in lineups for children had a cost on target-present lineups and a benefit on target-absent lineups.
AB - To date, research investigating the similarity among lineup members has focused on adult eyewitnesses. In the present research, children made identifications from lineups containing members of lower or higher similarity to a target person. In Experiment 1, following a live interaction, children's (6–14 years) correct identification rate was reduced in higher-similarity relative to lower-similarity lineups. In Experiment 2, children (6–12 years) and adults watched a video containing a target person. Again, higher-similarity lineup members reduced children's correct identifications; however, similarity had no effect on adults' correct identification rate. Although children benefited from lower-similarity lineups when the target was present, lower-similarity lineups generally increased misidentifications of an innocent suspect when the target was absent. Thus, increasing similarity in lineups for children had a cost on target-present lineups and a benefit on target-absent lineups.
U2 - 10.1002/acp.3012
DO - 10.1002/acp.3012
M3 - Article
VL - 28
SP - 409
EP - 418
JO - Applied Cognitive Psychology
JF - Applied Cognitive Psychology
SN - 0888-4080
IS - 3
ER -