Article Dans Une Revue Applied Cognitive Psychology Année : 2021

Baselining affects the production of deceptive narratives

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Recent research shows that the quality of a baseline (i.e., the analysis of one's behavior in normal conditions) decreases when the second narrative is expected and deceitful. However, a first step would be to investigate whether the writing of a first narrative might influence the second, independently of its expectancy. In this study, we hypothesized that second narratives would be less detailed, especially if these narratives are deceptive. Participants (N = 71) were asked to narrate two consecutive truthful and deceptive narratives. The second narrative was unexpected, and the order of the narratives was counterbalanced. Results suggest a detrimental effect of deceptiveness and order on the frequency of details. Moreover, an interaction was observed, suggesting when narratives are written after a first one, the frequency of details decreases, all the more if they were deceptive. The results of this experiment are discussed from both a theoretical and an applied perspective.

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hal-03188604 , version 1 (02-04-2021)

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Frédéric Tomas, Olivier Dodier, Samuel Demarchi. Baselining affects the production of deceptive narratives. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2021, 35 (1), pp.300-307. ⟨10.1002/acp.3768⟩. ⟨hal-03188604⟩
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