Evaluation EWT- Child witness are/n't reliable Flashcards
what was the study for
Davis (1989)
what ages were tested
6 -7 and 10-11
what were the results of the ages
they were fairly accurate and they didn’t make things up
what happened when adults suggested things that weren’t truthful
the important details weren’t altered
what was another study for this
Anastasi and Rhoads (2006)
What was shown from this study
all children recognized the offender from their age group
what did this study suggest
that more children should be used for EWT in their age category
what is the study against this
pozzula and lindsay
who was tested for this study
200 from the ages 5-13
what was show to children under the age of 5
they were prone to fantacy and were less likely that to make correct identifications
when the 13 year-olds were given a choice this was ..
inevitibly wrong
what is the reason that the children were inevatibly wrong
they were sensitive and couldn’t say no which leads to a false positive
