Children's Eyewitness Testimony and Event Memory

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-009-12437-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 75 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 128 g

Reihe: Elements in Child Development

This Element addresses the factors that influence children's accuracy in reporting on events and draws implications for children's ability to serve as reliable eyewitnesses. This Element focusses on short- and long-term memory for event details, memory for stressful events, memory for the temporal order of events, memory for the spatial location of events, the ways poorly worded questions or intervening events interfere with memory, and individual differences in language development, understanding right from wrong and emotions, and cognitive processes. In addition, this Element considers how potential jurors perceive children as eyewitnesses and how the findings of the research on children's event memory inform best practices for interviewing children.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arterberry, Martha E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Emotion, Motivation, Handlung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Many factors and one comprehensive study; 3. Stressful events; 4. Memory for when and where; 5. Reporting on events under non-ideal conditions; 6. Individual differences; 7. Adults' perceptions of child eyewitnesses; 8. Applications; 9. Conclusion; References.