TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of a statement
T2 - More detail does not always help
AU - Freedman, Jonathan L.
AU - Adam, Emma K.
AU - Davey, S. Adam
AU - Koegl, Christopher J.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Three studies investigated the effect of the amount of detail in a statement on the impact of that statement on participants' judgements of someone's guilt. When the honesty of the person making the statement was not an issue, over a broad range, more details increased impact. However, when there was some possibility that the person was lying, maximum impact was produced by an intermediate level of detail. It is suggested that similar effects may occur with other factors that ordinarily increase acceptance of a statement.
AB - Three studies investigated the effect of the amount of detail in a statement on the impact of that statement on participants' judgements of someone's guilt. When the honesty of the person making the statement was not an issue, over a broad range, more details increased impact. However, when there was some possibility that the person was lying, maximum impact was produced by an intermediate level of detail. It is suggested that similar effects may occur with other factors that ordinarily increase acceptance of a statement.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.2044-8333.1996.tb00311.x
DO - 10.1111/j.2044-8333.1996.tb00311.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0011116713
SN - 1355-3259
VL - 1
SP - 117
EP - 130
JO - Legal and Criminological Psychology
JF - Legal and Criminological Psychology
IS - 1
ER -