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Eyewitness Confidence and Accuracy Among Three Age Cohorts

Forrest Scogin

University of Alabama

Sharon K. Calhoon

University of Alabama

Michael D'Errico

University of Alabama

The relation between eyewitness confidence and accuracy of 28 young (ages 18 to 35, M = 21.14), 33 young-old (ages 59 to 74, M = 67.73) and 29 old-old (ages 75 to 94, M = 80.66) persons was examined. After viewing a videotape of an ongoing crime, participants answered a multiple-choice questionnaire about the videotaped events and were asked to identify the suspectfrom a valid orfoil photographic line-up. Confidence in each answer was assessed using a 1-10 rating scale. Questionnaire performance declined across age groups but all groups performed poorly on the line-up task. Confidence and accuracy correlations were not signtficant for any group; however, confidence ratings were significantly higher for correct responses than for incorrect responses for all age groups. Thus age alone does not determine eyewitness competence.

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 13, No. 2, 172-184 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/073346489401300205
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