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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > dud-alternative effect

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dud-alternative effect  

Definition

  • In a multiple-choice memory task, including a low plausible alternative increases the confidence level attributed to the choice of a plausible alternative.

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  • dud effect

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Charman, S. D., Wells, G. L., & Joy, S. W. (2011). The dud effect: Adding highly dissimilar fillers increases confidence in lineup identifications. Law and Human Behavior, 35(6), 479-500. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10979-010-9261-1

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Hanczakowski, M., Zawadzka, K., & Higham, P. A. (2014). The dud-alternative effect in memory for associations: Putting confidence into local context. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 21(2), 543-548. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-013-0497-x

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Windschitl, P. D., & Chambers, J. R. (2004). The dud-alternative effect in likelihood judgment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 30(1), 198-215. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.30.1.198

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Editorial note

  • For example, Charman, Wells & Joy (2011) asked participants in their experiments to view a crime scene. Then, they were asked to identify the culprit in a police lineup. In fact, the culprit was not presented in the lineup. The results showed that the presence of implausible persons in the lineup (because their physical appearance was visually very different from that of the perpetrator) increased participants' confidence in identifying the perpetrator when they chose a plausible person (i.e. one who looked like the perpetrator).

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