Pozzulo et al. (line up)

Question 1

The psychology being studied

Answer 1

False memory, Eyewitness testimony, Line ups, False positive response

Question 2

Aims

Answer 2

• Determine the role of social and cognitive factors in children’s identification of target faces in line-ups
• To compare false positive rates between children and adults when faced with: target-absent line ups versus target-present line ups in Human faces and cartoon characters

Question 3

Hypothesis

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• children will be as good as adults at identifying cartoon faces in a target-present lineup identifying and rejecting correctly in a target-absent lineup
• Children will be worse than adults at identifying human faces in target-present lineups
• children will be worse than adults at rejecting cartoon faces in target-absent lineups
• children will be worse than adults at rejecting human faces in target-absent lineups

Question 4

research method

Answer 4

laboratory experiment

Question 5

research design

Answer 5

both independent and repeated measures

Question 6

sample

Answer 6

59 children (same school/boys and girls/age around 4 - 7) & 53 adults (17 - 30 yrs/from same uni/male and female)

Question 7

sampling technique

Answer 7

opportunity sampling

Question 8

conclusion

Answer 8

• children could correctly identify the cartoons at
  almost 100% accuracy
• It was also concluded that children are less accurate than adults and generally more prone to giving false positive
  responses.
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