ABSTRACT
This chapter shows that the source-monitoring framework makes novel predictions about the magnitude and incidence of suggestibility effects that are confirmed by empirical research. Laboratory studies of eyewitness suggestibility have focused primarily on a phenomenon known as the misinformation effect. Performance in the source memory and standard test groups, with errors to suggested items in the standard test groups far exceeding those observed in the source-memory test groups. The astute reader may have surmised that a possible reason for the differences between performance in the standard and source test conditions is the fact that the source test employed a four-alternative forced-choice format, whereas the standard test used a yes–no test format. A problem that has often plagued attempts to assess developmental differences in the suggestibility of memory is the fact that young children are more likely to conform to suggestions simply because of the perceived pressure to go along with an adult authority figure.
