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“Intuitive” Lie Detection of Children’s Deception by Law Enforcement Officials and University Students

“Intuitive” Lie Detection of Children’s Deception by Law Enforcement Officials and University... Adults’ ability to detect children’s deception was examined. Police officers, customs officers, and university students attempted to differentiate between children who lied or told the truth about a transgression. When children were simply questioned about the event (Experiment 1), the adult groups could not distinguish between lie-tellers and truth-tellers. However, participants were more accurate when the children had participated in moral reasoning tasks (Experiment 2) or promised to tell the truth (Experiment 3) before being interviewed. Additional exposure to the children did not affect accuracy (Experiment 4). Customs officers were more certain about their judgments than other groups, but no more accurate. Overall, adults have a limited ability to identify children’s deception, regardless of their experience with lie detection. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Law and Human Behavior American Psychological Association

“Intuitive” Lie Detection of Children’s Deception by Law Enforcement Officials and University Students

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Publisher
American Psychological Association
Copyright
Copyright © 2004 American Psychological Association
ISSN
0147-7307
eISSN
1573-661X
DOI
10.1007/s10979-004-0793-0
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Abstract

Adults’ ability to detect children’s deception was examined. Police officers, customs officers, and university students attempted to differentiate between children who lied or told the truth about a transgression. When children were simply questioned about the event (Experiment 1), the adult groups could not distinguish between lie-tellers and truth-tellers. However, participants were more accurate when the children had participated in moral reasoning tasks (Experiment 2) or promised to tell the truth (Experiment 3) before being interviewed. Additional exposure to the children did not affect accuracy (Experiment 4). Customs officers were more certain about their judgments than other groups, but no more accurate. Overall, adults have a limited ability to identify children’s deception, regardless of their experience with lie detection.

Journal

Law and Human BehaviorAmerican Psychological Association

Published: Dec 1, 2004

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