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Children's false denials fool adults
University of California-Davis researchers said more than 100 adults were asked to evaluate the veracity of children ages 3 and 5 interviewed about "true" and "false" events on videotapes.
The adults were relatively good at detecting accounts of events that never happened, but were apt to mistakenly believe children's denials of actual events, the researchers said.
"The large number of children coming into contact with the legal system -- mostly as a result of abuse cases -- has motivated intense scientific effort to understand children's true and false reports," study author Gail Goodman said in a statement. "Arguably even more important, however, are adults' abilities to evaluate children's reports."
The findings suggest adults are better at detecting false reports than they are at detecting false denials, Goodman said.
"While accurately detecting false reports protects innocent people from false allegations, the failure to detect false denials could mean that adults fail to protect children who falsely deny actual victimization," Goodman said.
The research was presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology Association in Boston.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 08/19/2008
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08-22-2008 03:37
VERA wrote:
CHILDREN FALSE DENIALS FOOL ADULTS
MY POINT OF VIEW,THE KIDS ARE WATCHING THESE CARTOON SHOWS , I AM NOT NAMING ANY SHOWS. THEY ARE LEARING TO LIE AT A YOUNG AGE IT NOT FROM THEIR PARENTS , JUST THING ABOUT IT , 3-5 YEAR OLDS THEY REMEMBER EVERY THING THEY HEAR AND SEE, I KNOW A 2 YEAR OLD,AND SHE WILL FOOL PRESIDENT BUSH, I MEAN SHE IS THAT SMART, LIKE I SAID IT IS THE CARTOON , THEY ARE LEARNING TO BE PROFESSIONAL LIARS AT A YOUNG AGE, THE PARENT THINK IT JUST A CARTOON, IT NO HARM, THEY NEED TO SCREEN WHAT THEY WATCH ,OR JUST HAVE A SEAT AND WATCH IT WITH THEM, I DID THAT 2005 RETURNING TO USA, BEFORE THAT WE DID NOT GET ANY KIND OF CARTOON SHOWS, ONLY THE LEARNING ONE LIKE BARNEY, AND JUST TONIGHT MY 8 YEAR OLD SAID BARNEY , AND DORA WAS HER FAVORITE CARTOONS. THEY DO NOT WATCH TV MUCH NOW, ONLY 2HOURS A WEEK,THEY ARE HOME SCHOOL, THEY READ, WRITE AND DRAW, EVEN HAVE SOME SHORT STORIES, AND SOME INVENTIONS, THEY ARE 8 AND 10. AND ANOTHER THING NO RADIO AT ALL SINCE BIRTH. THEIR NUMBER ONE BOOK IS THE BIBLE IT IS READ EVERYDAY, THEY ARE TEACHING ME THINGS I DID NOT KNOW, I THOUGHT I WAS PRETTY SMART, I KNOW YOU ARE NEVER TO OLD TO LEARN, BUT WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW IT , THAT DIFFERENT. THESE NEW GENERATIONS ARE LEARNING TO BE LITTLE SCAMMER AT AN EARLY AGE, THE CARTOON IS ONLY ABOUT 10% OF THE PROBLEM, THE REST IS THEIR ENVIROMENT, AND HOME TRAINING, IT IS NOT LIKE THEY ARE IN GRADE SCHOOL. THIS IS JUST MY POINT OF VIEW. SINCERELY VERA
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