Protecting against misinformation : evaluating the effectiveness of three techniques to reduce memory conformity

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dc.abstract.enThe memory conformity effect occurs when people witness a given incident (e.g. a crime) then talk to each other about it, and the statement of one person affects the memory account of the other person with respect to this incident. The aim of this article is to improve the quality of witness testimony by verifying the effectiveness of three methods that aim to reduce memory conformity effect: (1) an extended warning against misinformation; (2) a method based on information about memory functioning and its fallibility and (3) a method consisting in motivating participants to resist influence and demonstrating their individual vulnerability to it. In the presented experiment, the innovative MORI technique was used to study the memory conformity effect. This technique allows a pair of participants to sit beside each other, look at the same screen and see a different version of the same criminal event. In the next stages, the subjects are asked to answer a series of questions about different details, thereby introducing mutual misinformation; then, the participants perform an individual memory test. In the experimental conditions, this test was preceded by one of the three tested methods in each group, with the aim of determining their effectiveness in reducing memory conformity. It turns out that the implementation of an extended warning against misinformation eliminated the memory conformity effect, while the application of two other methods led to a reduction (but not complete elimination) of the studied phenomenon.
dc.affiliationWydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorKękuś, Magdalena - 248017
dc.contributor.authorDziubańska, Regina
dc.contributor.authorMichalak, Kacper
dc.contributor.authorPolczyk, Romuald - 131496
dc.contributor.authorSzpitalak, Malwina - 122680
dc.contributor.authorBarzykowski, Krystian - 105054
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-27T11:57:42Z
dc.date.available2024-11-27T11:57:42Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.number4
dc.description.physical880-906
dc.description.volume115
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/bjop.12712
dc.identifier.issn0007-1269
dc.identifier.urihttps://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/480323
dc.languageeng
dc.language.containereng
dc.rightsDodaję tylko opis bibliograficzny
dc.source.integratorfalse
dc.subject.enco-witness discussion
dc.subject.eneyewitness memory
dc.subject.enmemory conformity
dc.subtypeArticle
dc.titleProtecting against misinformation : evaluating the effectiveness of three techniques to reduce memory conformity
dc.title.journalBritish Journal of Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
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dc.abstract.en
The memory conformity effect occurs when people witness a given incident (e.g. a crime) then talk to each other about it, and the statement of one person affects the memory account of the other person with respect to this incident. The aim of this article is to improve the quality of witness testimony by verifying the effectiveness of three methods that aim to reduce memory conformity effect: (1) an extended warning against misinformation; (2) a method based on information about memory functioning and its fallibility and (3) a method consisting in motivating participants to resist influence and demonstrating their individual vulnerability to it. In the presented experiment, the innovative MORI technique was used to study the memory conformity effect. This technique allows a pair of participants to sit beside each other, look at the same screen and see a different version of the same criminal event. In the next stages, the subjects are asked to answer a series of questions about different details, thereby introducing mutual misinformation; then, the participants perform an individual memory test. In the experimental conditions, this test was preceded by one of the three tested methods in each group, with the aim of determining their effectiveness in reducing memory conformity. It turns out that the implementation of an extended warning against misinformation eliminated the memory conformity effect, while the application of two other methods led to a reduction (but not complete elimination) of the studied phenomenon.
dc.affiliation
Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.author
Kękuś, Magdalena - 248017
dc.contributor.author
Dziubańska, Regina
dc.contributor.author
Michalak, Kacper
dc.contributor.author
Polczyk, Romuald - 131496
dc.contributor.author
Szpitalak, Malwina - 122680
dc.contributor.author
Barzykowski, Krystian - 105054
dc.date.accessioned
2024-11-27T11:57:42Z
dc.date.available
2024-11-27T11:57:42Z
dc.date.issued
2024
dc.description.number
4
dc.description.physical
880-906
dc.description.volume
115
dc.identifier.doi
10.1111/bjop.12712
dc.identifier.issn
0007-1269
dc.identifier.uri
https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/480323
dc.language
eng
dc.language.container
eng
dc.rights
Dodaję tylko opis bibliograficzny
dc.source.integrator
false
dc.subject.en
co-witness discussion
dc.subject.en
eyewitness memory
dc.subject.en
memory conformity
dc.subtype
Article
dc.title
Protecting against misinformation : evaluating the effectiveness of three techniques to reduce memory conformity
dc.title.journal
British Journal of Psychology
dc.type
JournalArticle
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