Self-Monitoring and Eyewitness Accuracy
- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Vol. 10 (2) , 289-292
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167284102015
Abstract
It was hypothesized that subjects high in self-monitoring (Snyder, 1974) would be more accurate eyewitnesses than their low self-monitoring counterparts. To test this hypothesis, a field experiment was conducted in which 86 clerks (45 males and 41 females) in convenience stores attempted to identify confederates who had been in the stores 2 hours earlier. A significant positive relationship was obtained between self-monitoring and accuracy of identification, r(84) = .51, p <.001. The findings are discussed and potential applications are suggested.Keywords
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