Nicholas Hasluck: Dismissal. Leaks, Half-Truths and False Denials

16. Coaching, truth induction, and young maltreated children’s false allegations and false denials

Coaching, truth induction, and young maltreated children's false allegations and false denials.

This study examined the effects of coaching (encouragement and rehearsal of false reports) and truth induction (a child-friendly version of the oath or general reassurance about the consequences of disclosure) on 4- to 7-year-old maltreated children's reports (N = 198). Children were questioned using free recall, repeated yes-no questions, and highly suggestive suppositional questions. Coaching...

Of hospital advertising truths, half truths, and the academic medical center.

"False positive" claims of near-death experiences and "false negative" denials of near-death experiences.

Some persons who claim to have had near-death experiences (NDEs) fail research criteria for having had NDEs ("false positives"); others who deny having had NDEs do meet research criteria for having had NDEs ("false negatives"). The author evaluated false positive claims and false negative denials in an organization that promotes near-death research and in psychiatric outpatients. The frequency ...

The development of differential mnemonic effects of false denials and forced confabulations.

The current experiment was designed to assess the mnemonic consequences of false denials and forced confabulations. Children (aged 6-8 and 10-12 years) and adults viewed a video and then their memory and belief about the event were tested. Participants were then divided into three groups. In the "cued recall" condition, participants were asked to answer true- and false-event questions, but coul...