Relationship between masculinity‐femininity and concession in an experimental collaborative eyewitness testimony

Abstract

The present study examined the relationships of masculinity and femininity with concession in an experimental collaborative eyewitness testimony task, using the MORI technique. Participants formed same sex or mixed sex pairs and watched a videotaped event. Their eyewitness memories were assessed three times: immediately after watching, after discussing the event together, and individually 1 week later. The participants' self-confidence in their recalled memories and percentages of concessions were also examined. The Masculinity-Humanity-Femininity Scale was administered to the participants at the end of the experiment. The results showed that masculinity negatively correlated with concession, and that both masculinity and femininity were associated with inaccuracy in collaborative memory recall.

A revised method for projecting two different movies to two groups of viewers without their noticing the duality

“…The MORI technique (Mori, 2003) has been recognized as a useful new presentation technique and utilized in several research laboratories other than the inventor's own (Garry et al, in press;Hirokawa et al, 2006;Itoh, Umeda, & Kawaguchi, 2005). All of them have verified its effectiveness.…”

Evidence for the efficacy of the MORI technique: Viewers do not notice or implicitly remember details from the alternate movie version

“…It also allows researchers to introduce systematic discrepancies into the discussion and then assess the effect of those discrepancies on people's memories. We have used the MORI technique several times to examine various social influences on memory Garry, French, Kinzett, & Mori, 2008;Hirokawa, Matsuno, Mori, & Ukita, 2006;Kanematsu, Mori, & Mori, 2003). In most of our studies, the same basic three-stage procedure has been used.…”

Eyewitness memory following discussion: using the MORI technique with a Western sample

“…Moreover, two of these recent papers report the method itself, not a study based on the method, and-although the 2006 paper reports a study based on the method, as have numerous conference presentations-all of this work using the MORI technique has been based on data collected with Japanese subjects (e.g. Hirokawa, Matsuno, Mori, & Ukita, 2006;Itoh, 2006;Itoh, Umeda, & Kawaguchi, 2005;Mori, 2005;Mori & Kitabayashi, 2006). The concern that the MORI technique would not translate well to Western samples is not trivial: Japanese culture values conformity far more than Western cultures.…”