This study partially replicated the research of Cook, Kwak, Hoffman, & Loftus where they examined post-event activities that induces subjects to pick a wrong person in a forced choice identification procedure. The goal was to investigate if providing a neither option to a match to sample task increases the accuracy of responding. Subjects were asked to study three faces for 10 seconds, after which they were asked to pick out the faces in a forced choice setting where two other faces were presented. Later the subjects were asked to pick out faces in a setting in which they could use a neither option. Results indicated that a generalization effect occurs when identifying faces and the effect is seen as subjects choosing the wrong face. This suggests that when using faces with some similar features in a lineup setting the procedure may cause the subject to pick the wrong person.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc149598 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Halvorsen, Lars I. |
| Contributors | Rosales-Ruiz, Jesus, Pinkston, Jonathan, Ala'i-Rosales, Shahla |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Halvorsen, Lars I., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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