Question

When considering a child's testimony in a courtroom, suggestibility is a concern.Five-year-old Nina is set to testify, but attorneys in the case have consulted with a psychologist and are concerned about Nina:
A) being overly compliant or having formed false memories
B) having difficulty understanding questions or being overly compliant
C) having ADHD and being fidgety
D) being overly compliant and having a limited working memory

Answer 1

Answer:

Attorneys are concerned about Nina:

A) being overly compliant or having formed false memories.

Explanation:

It is unfortunately common for children to be witnesses in certain cases, especially those concerning abuse. It is also common for them to be prevented from giving accurate accounts of what took place for being more suggestible than adults. That means children are likely to change their version of the facts or to even form false memories if the environment is biased. Police officers, detectives and attorneys must be careful to avoid interfering with the child's recollection of events. Sometimes, one biased interview is enough to taint that child's memory.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is: Being overly compliant or having formed false memories.

Explanation:

The one answer that relates with suggestibility is answer a) Being overly compliant or having formed false memories.

False memories are a somewhat common psychological phenomenon that occurs when a person recalls the past in a way that's different from how things happened. Usually occurs when the individual is a child or has no concrete and precise information of how events occurred and a third party claims that things occurred in a particular way, and out of pure compliance, the individual ends up accepting the claim as the truth.