APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Effects of Time Lapse and Distracters on Eyewitness Identification Accuracy.

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Methodology

  • Kudakwashe Chasakara
    University of Zimbabwe

Abstract

A 2x2x2 factorial design, with 112 participants Mage=19.48, S. D=1.95 was conducted.
Identification accuracy, t (106) =3.27 p= .001 was high during immediate recall. More distracters
resulted in high inaccuracy, t (214) = -2.134 p= .034 and there were no gender differences in
identification accuracy χ2= (1) .0533 p >.05

Forensic/Criminal Justice

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