Lineup Identification by Children: Effects of Clothing Bias |
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Authors: | Freire Alejo Lee Kang Williamson Karen S. Stuart Sarah J. E. Lindsay R. C. L. |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. freirea@mcmaster.ca |
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Abstract: | This study examined effects of clothing cues on children's identification accuracy from lineups. Four- to 14-year-olds (n = 228) saw 12 video clips of individuals, each wearing a distinctly colored shirt. After watching each clip children were presented with a target-present or target-absent photo lineup. Three clothing conditions were included. In 2 conditions all lineup members wore the same colored shirt; in the third, biased condition, the shirt color of only one individual matched that seen in the preceding clip (the target in target-present trials and the replacement in target-absent trials). Correct identifications of the target in target-present trials were most frequent in the biased condition, whereas in target-absent trials the biased condition led to more false identifications of the target replacement. Older children were more accurate than younger children, both in choosing the target from target-present lineups and rejecting target-absent lineups. These findings suggest that a simple clothing cue such as shirt color can have a significant impact on children's lineup identification accuracy. |
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Keywords: | eyewitness testimony face recognition development & clothing bias |
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