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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > confidence-accuracy relationship

Preferred term

confidence-accuracy relationship  

Definition

  • The relationship between the level of confidence a person assigns to a memory (e.g. the level of confidence an eyewitness has in identifying the suspect) and the accuracy of the memory.

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Synonym(s)

  • accuracy–confidence relation

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Arndorfer, A., & Charman, S. D. (2022). Assessing the effect of eyewitness identification confidence assessment method on the confidence-accuracy relationship. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 28(3), 414‑432. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000348

    • Document type: empirical study

    , literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Brewer, N., Lucas, C., Sauer, J., & Palmer, M. (2021). Measuring the relationship between eyewitness identification confidence and accuracy. In A. M. Smith, M. P. Toglia, & J. M. Lampinen (Eds.), Methods, measures, and theories in eyewitness identification tasks (pp. 234–256). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003138105-14

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Roediger, H. L., & DeSoto, K. A. (2015). Understanding the relation between confidence and accuracy in reports from memory. In D. S. Lindsay, C. M. Kelley, A. P. Yonelinas, & H. L. Roediger (Eds.), Remembering: Attributions, processes, and control in human memory: Papers in honor of Larry L. Jacoby (pp. 347–367). Psychology Press.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Wixted, J. T., & Wells, G. L. (2017). The relationship between eyewitness confidence and identification accuracy: A new synthesis. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 18(1), 10–65. https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100616686966

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: free

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-N880RDR0-L

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