The Effects of Adult Suggestion and Child Consistency on Young Children's Reports1 |
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| Authors: | Livia L. Gilstrap Cindy Laub Elizabeth A. Zierten Katrin U. Mueller‐Johnson |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs;2. University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of the present study was to contrast the effects of children's response consistency and adult leading questions in a structured memory interview. Children (N = 70) who viewed a 2‐min video clip were asked 3 questions (leading, misleading, and neutral) related to the video. Children's responses (assent vs. deny) were predicted by the type of question asked by the adult (neutral, leading, and misleading), but not by the previous response given by the child or the child's age in months. Specifically, children assented the least often to misleading questions. Accuracy was predicted by both question type and in the last question–answer pair, children's previous response accuracy. These findings are discussed with relation to interview dynamics. |
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