The effect of individual differences in episodic future thought on perceived credibility

O'Connell, Felicity; Carter, Chantelle; Taylor, Paul J.; Vernham, Zarah; Warmelink, Lara

doi:10.1080/1068316x.2023.2226293

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“…As in the pre‐registration, we aimed to replicate O'Connell et al's (2022) findings that sender's EFT ability predicts perceived veracity (Hypothesis 1). We also aimed to explore which subjective cues influenced participants' veracity judgements when listening to statements given by people with varying EFT ability.…”

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“…The materials consisted of 90 verbal statements of individuals describing their truthful or deceptive intentions. These statements were collected in a previous study (Study 1a; O'Connell et al, 2022), which measured EFT ability using an Episodic Details Task (D'Argembeau et al, 2010). This task required participants to describe a specific, plausible and new event that they may encounter on their next holiday.…”

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“…People vary in their ability to tell the truth and lie credibly (Bond Jr. & DePaulo, 2008; O'Connell et al, 2022; Vrij et al, 2010). Whether people can appear credible consistently across situations is under debate.…”

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“…This may lead to these individuals appearing more credible than those who are unable to draw on such resources, that is, those with lower EFT ability. O'Connell et al (2022) tested this assumption via a series of studies. The results showed that participants with higher EFT ability provided longer and more detailed statements than those with lower EFT ability, both when writing and when speaking.…”

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“…Participants rated the extent to which various cues influenced their veracity judgements. The statements were provided by individuals with varying EFT ability in a previous study (O'Connell et al, 2022; see https://osf.io/bpkf3/?view_only=6a3e26159699465dbccdd09b66d1cf3f). In Study 1, participants judged the veracity of verbal statements and completed a cues checklist, indicating the extent to which each cue influenced their veracity judgement.…”

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The effect of episodic future thinking ability on subjective cue use when judging credibility

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Vernham

Taylor

et al. 2023

Legal Criminol Psychol

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Background Episodic Future Thought (EFT) ability affects how credible individuals appear (O'Connell et al., The effect of individual differences in episodic future thought on the ability to lie about intentions [manuscript submitted for publication], Psychology Department, Lancaster University, 2022). However, it is unclear how individuals with higher EFT ability create this credible demeanour. This paper describes two studies that explored participants' subjective cue use when judging the veracity of verbal statements (Study 1) and written statements (Study 2) provided by individuals with varying EFT ability. Method In Study 1, 68 participants judged the veracity and indicated which cues influenced their veracity judgements of six truthful and six deceptive verbal statements. In Study 2, 102 participants judged the veracity and indicated which cues influenced their veracity judgements of 24 truthful or 24 deceptive written statements. Results Study 1 and Study 2 showed that the EFT ability of the sender affected subjective cue use. In Study 1, participants were influenced by different subjective cues when judging truthful (vs. deceptive) verbal statements. In Study 2, participants reported being influenced by the same cues in both veracity conditions. Study 1 showed that three cues mediated the relationship between EFT ability and veracity judgements. In Study 2, four cues mediated the EFT ability–veracity judgement relationship in the deceptive condition. There were no mediation effects in the truthful condition. Conclusion We propose that EFT ability is an underlying cognitive mechanism involved in creating a credible demeanour which can affect participants' veracity judgements. The current results suggest that the cues present in higher EFT individual's accounts may be contributing to this credibility effect.

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Section: Study 1: Aims and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 86%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The effect of episodic future thinking ability on subjective cue use when judging credibility

O'Connell

Vernham

Taylor

et al. 2023

Legal Criminol Psychol

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Temporal distance and veracity effects on the level of detail in statements about intentions

Warmelink

O'Connell

2022

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Construal level theory states that future events that are nearer in the future and events that are more likely to happen have lower construal levels, and therefore have less detail, than events that are further away and/or less likely to happen. Consistent with this theory, the number of details in a statement can be a moderately good cue to deception. If veracity and temporal distance both affect detail, detail may only be a good cue to deception about events that occur at certain temporal distances. This paper describes a study on whether temporal distance and veracity affect detail levels in statements about intentions. The results suggest that temporal distance and veracity do not affect detail levels in this dataset. Intentions that were completed also did not differ from uncompleted intentions. Overall, the study found no support for the hypothesised effects of temporal distance and veracity on level of detail.

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The effect of individual differences in episodic future thought on credibility in occupation interviews

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Stone,

Vernham

et al. 2024

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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In this paper, we describe three experiments that explored whether individual differences in episodic future thought (EFT) ability affects credibility when participants told the truth and lied about their occupation. Credibility was measured by the number of perceptual details, statement length, level of detail and plausibility in verbal accounts and sketches (Experiment 1) and by other participants' veracity judgments of the verbal accounts (Experiment 2) and sketches (Experiment 3). In Experiment 1, participants with higher EFT ability generated more detailed verbal accounts and more plausible sketches than those with lower EFT ability. In Experiments 2 and 3, EFT ability did not predict veracity judgements of the verbal accounts or sketches derived from Experiment 1. The findings across all experiments suggest that EFT ability affects the ability to generate credible accounts however, EFT ability does not affect credibility judgements.

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The effect of individual differences in episodic future thought on perceived credibility

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The effect of episodic future thinking ability on subjective cue use when judging credibility

The effect of episodic future thinking ability on subjective cue use when judging credibility

Temporal distance and veracity effects on the level of detail in statements about intentions

The effect of individual differences in episodic future thought on credibility in occupation interviews

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