Children's reports of experiences are extremely unreliable, with more misstatements than adults' reports even when no motive to lie exists¶

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q2 i? Report-research shows reports are in general extremely unreliable, and misstatements increase markedly for children even when observers have no reason to lie. → Lipmann 1911

Evidence¶

Lipmann 1911¶

Lipmann, O. (1911). Pedagogical Psychology of Report. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0070700

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The author's synthesis of the experimental report-research literature, stating that "reports are in general extremely unreliable" and that misstatements increase for children even when observers had "absolutely no reason" to lie. No effect sizes are printed.

"The first and most obvious result of the report-research is to show that reports are in general extremely unreliable. While this is true to a high degree even of the reports of adults, the number of misstatements shows a marked increase when the reports of children are investigated."

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