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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > confidence-accuracy relationship

Preferred term

confidence-accuracy relationship  

Definition

  • The relationship between the level of confidence a person assigns to a memory (e.g. the level of confidence an eyewitness has in identifying the suspect) and the accuracy of the memory.

Broader concept

Related concepts

Entry terms

  • accuracy–confidence relation

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Arndorfer, A., & Charman, S. D. (2022). Assessing the effect of eyewitness identification confidence assessment method on the confidence-accuracy relationship. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 28(3), 414‑432. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000348

    [Study type: empirical study, literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Brewer, N., Lucas, C., Sauer, J., & Palmer, M. (2021). Measuring the relationship between eyewitness identification confidence and accuracy. In A. M. Smith, M. P. Toglia, & J. M. Lampinen (Eds.), Methods, measures, and theories in eyewitness identification tasks (pp. 234–256). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003138105-14

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Roediger, H. L., & DeSoto, K. A. (2015). Understanding the relation between confidence and accuracy in reports from memory. In D. S. Lindsay, C. M. Kelley, A. P. Yonelinas, & H. L. Roediger (Eds.), Remembering: Attributions, processes, and control in human memory: Papers in honor of Larry L. Jacoby (pp. 347–367). Psychology Press.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Wixted, J. T., & Wells, G. L. (2017). The relationship between eyewitness confidence and identification accuracy: A new synthesis. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 18(1), 10–65. https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100616686966

    [Study type: literature review / Access: free]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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Dataset citation(s)

  • • Jaeger, A., Queiroz, M. C., Selmeczy, D., & Dobbins, I. (2019, December 13). Confidence Accuracy Dissociation During Source Memory Cueing. https://osf.io/fjp5d
  • • Spearing, E. R., & Wade, K. A. (2021, April 23). The Effect of the Timing of Confidence Ratings on Accuracy: Confidence Calibration in Eyewitness Recall. https://osf.io/gqkyp
  • • Van Boeijen, I. M. (2018, August 26). The Role of Eyewitness-Specific Metamemory on Identification Accuracy and the Confidence–Accuracy Relationship. https://osf.io/k23bs
  • • Wixted, J. (2020, June 5). Discrete-state vs. continuous models of the confidence-accuracy relationship. https://osf.io/53vhq

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