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Peer reviewedBerger, James D.; Herringer, Lawrence G. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1991
Presents study results comparing college students' self-evaluation of recall accuracy to actual recall of detail after viewing a crime scenario. Reports that self-reported ability to remember detail correlates with accuracy in memory of specifics. Concludes that people may have a good indication early in the eyewitness situation of whether they…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Crime, Higher Education, Prediction
