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"Don't Know" Responding to Answerable and Unanswerable Questions during Misleading and Hypnotic Interviews
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Scoboria, Alan; Mazzoni, Giuliana; Kirsch, Irving – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2008
"Don't know" (DK) responses to interview questions are conceptually heterogeneous, and may represent uncertainty or clear statements about the contents of memory. A study examined the subjective intent of DK responses in relation to the objective status of information queried, in the context of memory distorting procedures. Participants…
Descriptors: Memory, Interviews, Questioning Techniques, Response Style (Tests)