Table 1. Identification Response Frequencies Made by Subjects in Young, Middle, and Late Childhood at Different Postidentification Confidence Levels in Target-Present and Target-Absent Lineups.
Young | Middle | Late | |||||||||||||
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Target present | Target absent | Target present | Target absent | Target present | Target absent | ||||||||||
Confidence | Culprit | Filler | Reject | Filler | Reject | Culprit | Filler | Reject | Filler | Reject | Culprit | Filler | Reject | Filler | Reject |
Note. Confidence was collected using a pictorial 5-point water cup rating scale. Empty cup = “not at all sure” to Full cup = “very sure.” Because of rounding, proportions do not always appear to add up to 1. | |||||||||||||||
Empty cup | 6 | 9 | 32 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
¼ full cup | 7 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 12 |
½ full cup | 13 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 53 | 25 | 28 | 46 | 71 | 59 | 14 | 48 | 45 | 70 |
¾ full cup | 19 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 51 | 25 | 50 | 41 | 84 | 77 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 76 |
Full cup | 80 | 50 | 70 | 62 | 112 | 55 | 11 | 54 | 37 | 112 | 32 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 45 |
Total | 125 | 97 | 163 | 120 | 212 | 169 | 71 | 157 | 150 | 301 | 180 | 33 | 116 | 105 | 206 |
Proportion | .32 | .25 | .42 | .36 | .64 | .43 | .18 | .40 | .33 | .67 | .55 | .10 | .35 | .34 | .66 |