Children are poor witnesses. Or are they?
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eyewitness testimony / false memory / suggestion / developmental reversal
Children are poor witnesses. Or are they?
In a recent murder case, a 6-year-old girl claimed immediately upon arrival of the ambulance and police to have witnessed her father stabbing her mother (Brackmann, Otgaar, Sauerland, & Jelicic, 2014). Does such an account really reflect what happened and should it be used as evidence in court? In criminal cases, it is important to decipher whether eyewitness statements are credible or not. Indeed, erroneous eyewitness statements can have severe consequences, such as wrongful imprisonment and waste of resources. The... / more
On kissing in elevators and flirting in the office: A cross-cultural perspective on normative behavior.
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cross-cultural differences / social norms / cultural tightness
On kissing in elevators and flirting in the office: A cross-cultural perspective on normative behavior.
Imagine you are walking around the city center. It is a warm summer evening and the street is deserted, no children or cars are around. The pedestrian light to cross the street is red. What do you do? Keep waiting for the light to turn green or just cross? And why? Because it is your own free choice? If you decided to ignore the red light and cross the street, you just broke what is called a... / more