My student is doing this for a class project and will be looking at how the "person in the line-up" question is asked (and measure confidence). This question suggests that you need to choose someone and I am not sure how often that actually happens in real life (luckily, I have not been to any line-ups). I do know that it does need to be made clear to the person that choosing no one is an option (which isn't always done, according to the research in this area that I have read).
Deborah Briihl, PhD Dept. of Psychology and Counseling Valdosta State University 229-333-5994 ________________________________________ From: Shearon, Tim [tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 11:26 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] video of crime and line up Hmmm. Is forcing a choice commonplace? I do realize this is just a demonstration and may serve the purpose intended but my student's would jump all over this. . . I think. Any chance of that being re-done with an "I don't know" or "None of these" choice. Forcing them to choose from one of the six to navigate off the page seems unlike the line-ups I've witnessed. (Maybe I need to send a thank you to my local police/sheriff's departments?) When I was called in to participate in one, they clearly stated that we should not "guess" but only identify someone if we were sure. I think that would make the data obtained more useful/applicable. Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker ________________________________________ From: Maxwell Gwynn [mgw...@wlu.ca] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 8:44 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] video of crime and line up Deborah: Here is the link to Gary Well's video and line-up. I believe this is the one to which you refer. http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/~glwells/theeyewitnesstest.html I'm always on the lookout for good simulated crime videos for my research, so I'd appreciate any leads TIPSters might have on these! -Max Gwynn Maxwell Gwynn, PhD Psychology Department Wilfrid Laurier University 519-884-0710 ext 3854 mgw...@wlu.ca<mailto:mgw...@wlu.ca> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: dbri...@valdosta.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13162.50de294b9d4987a3c89b4a5cc4bdea62&n=T&l=tips&o=5057 or send a blank email to leave-5057-13162.50de294b9d4987a3c89b4a5cc4bde...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5061 or send a blank email to leave-5061-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
