Disrupting the encoding of misinformation delivered in closed specific and open presumptive questions Sharman, Stefanie J., Boyd, Catherine and Powell, Martine B. 2015, Disrupting the encoding of misinformation delivered in closed specific and open presumptive questions, Psychiatry, psychology and law, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 535-541, doi: 10.1080/13218719.2014.960035. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Disrupting the encoding of misinformation delivered in closed specific and open presumptive questions Author(s) Sharman, Stefanie J. orcid.org/0000-0002-0635-047X Boyd, Catherine Powell, Martine B. orcid.org/0000-0001-5092-1308 Journal name Psychiatry, psychology and law Volume number 22 Issue number 4 Start page 535 End page 541 Total pages 7 Publisher Routledge Place of publication Abingdon, Eng. Publication date 2015 ISSN 1321-8719 1934-1687 Summary To determine whether the encoding of misleading information presented in two different types of leading questions (closed specific and open presumptive questions) could be disrupted, participants took part in a misinformation experiment. They viewed an event before answering questions that had a closed specific structure (e.g. “Did the robber have a shotgun that had a black barrel and a brown stock?”) or an open presumptive structure (e.g. “Tell me about the shotgun”). Half the questions contained misleading information and half did not. For some of the questions, participants completed a concurrent distractor task. Finally, they completed a recognition memory test about the original event. Results showed that the concurrent distractor task during the interview reduced the size of the misinformation effect for the closed specific questions, but had no impact on the misinformation effect for the open presumptive questions. The results suggest that open presumptive questions encourage participants to encode and process the misleading information more deeply than the closed specific questions. The misinformation effect was more difficult to disrupt with a concurrent task during the encoding of the misleading information for open presumptive questions than for closed specific questions. The implications for interviewing are discussed. Language eng DOI 10.1080/13218719.2014.960035 Field of Research 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920299 Health and Support Services not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2014, The Australian Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30069606 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 11 Feb 2015, 13:17:48 EST Wed, 11 Feb 2015, 13:19:36 EST Thu, 12 Feb 2015, 04:02:23 EST Thu, 12 Feb 2015, 16:05:10 EST Thu, 19 Feb 2015, 12:55:56 EST Thu, 19 Feb 2015, 12:56:57 EST Tue, 24 Feb 2015, 09:37:37 EST Mon, 29 Jun 2015, 14:42:11 EST Mon, 10 Aug 2015, 12:20:40 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2015, 14:13:57 EST Fri, 16 Oct 2015, 11:05:45 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 08:24:13 EST Fri, 16 Dec 2016, 09:26:13 EST Fri, 13 Jan 2017, 12:45:03 EST Fri, 21 Apr 2017, 07:04:38 EST Thu, 15 Feb 2018, 09:47:55 EST Thu, 15 Feb 2018, 09:48:35 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 302 Abstract Views, 5 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 11 Feb 2015, 13:19:36 EST

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