Allegations of wrongdoing: The effects of reinforcement on children's mundane and fantastic claims

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dc.contributor.authorGarven, Sena ; Wood, James M. ; Malpass, Roy S.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-17T16:13:04Z
dc.date.available2019-06-17T16:13:04Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.description.abstractS. Garven, J. M. Wood, R. S. Malpass, and J. S. Shaw (1998) found that the interviewing techniques used in the McMartin Preschool case can induce preschool children to make false allegations of wrongdoing against a classroom visitor. In this study, 2 specific components of the McMartin interviews, reinforcement and cowitness information, were examined more closely in interviews of 120 children, ages 5 to 7 years. Children who received reinforcement made 35% false allegations against a classroom visitor, compared with 12% made by controls. When questioned about "fantastic" events (e.g., being taken from school in a helicopter), children receiving reinforcement made 52% false allegations, compared with 5% made by controls. In a second interview, children repeated the allegations even when reinforcement had been discontinued. The findings indicate that reinforcement can swiftly induce children to make persistent false allegations of wrongdoing. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationGarven, Sena ; Wood, James M. ; Malpass, Roy S. (2000). Allegations of wrongdoing: The effects of reinforcement on children's mundane and fantastic claims. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85(1), 38-49.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitalcommons.utep.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=james_wood
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4406
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Applied Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectmemoryen_US
dc.subjectforensic interviewen_US
dc.subjectsuggestibilityen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleAllegations of wrongdoing: The effects of reinforcement on children's mundane and fantastic claimsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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