Use of global trait cues helps to explain older adults’ decrements in detecting children’s lies

IF 2.2 2区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Legal and Criminological Psychology Pub Date : 2021-07-14 DOI:10.1111/lcrp.12196

Alison M. O’Connor, Thomas D. Lyon, Micaela Wiens, Angela D. Evans

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Abstract

Purpose

Previous research has established that lie-detection accuracy decreases with age; however, various mechanisms for this effect have yet to be explored, particularly when examining the detection of children’s lies. The present study investigated if younger and older adults detect children’s lies using different cues (verbal content, verbal auditory, non-verbal, global traits) to explore if cue usage may help to explain this age-related decline.

Method

A total of 100 younger (18–30 years) and 100 older adults (66–89 years) watched child interview videos (half were truth-tellers; half were lie-tellers coached to conceal a transgression). Participants provided veracity judgements (truth vs. lie) and described the cues that they relied on to make their judgements.

Results

Older adults used marginally significantly fewer verbal content and significantly more global trait cues compared to younger adults. The use of global trait cues partially mediated the age-related decline in detection accuracy.

Conclusion

These results present a partial mechanism for the age-related decline in deception detection. This can inform psychological theory on how ageing affects perceptions of child witnesses and deception detection abilities.

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使用全球特征线索有助于解释老年人在发现儿童谎言方面的下降

目的先前的研究已经证实，测谎的准确性随着年龄的增长而下降；然而，这种影响的各种机制还有待探索，尤其是在检查儿童谎言的检测时。本研究调查了年轻人和老年人是否使用不同的线索（言语内容、言语听觉、非言语、全局特征）来检测儿童的谎言，以探索线索的使用是否有助于解释这种与年龄相关的下降。方法共100名年轻人（18-30岁）年龄）和100名老年人（66–89岁年）观看了儿童采访视频（一半是讲真话的人；一半是被训练来掩盖违规行为的说谎者）。参与者提供了真实性判断（真相与谎言），并描述了他们做出判断所依赖的线索。结果与年轻人相比，老年人使用的言语内容略微显著减少，全局特征线索显著增加。全局特征线索的使用在一定程度上介导了与年龄相关的检测准确性下降。结论这些结果为年龄相关的欺骗检测能力下降提供了部分机制。这可以为心理学理论提供信息，说明衰老如何影响对儿童证人的感知和欺骗检测能力。

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Legal and Criminological Psychology Multiple-

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4.00

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4.30%

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期刊介绍： Legal and Criminological Psychology publishes original papers in all areas of psychology and law: - victimology - policing and crime detection - crime prevention - management of offenders - mental health and the law - public attitudes to law - role of the expert witness - impact of law on behaviour - interviewing and eyewitness testimony - jury decision making - deception The journal publishes papers which advance professional and scientific knowledge defined broadly as the application of psychology to law and interdisciplinary enquiry in legal and psychological fields.