2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101370
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Children's acquiescence to polysemous implicature questions about coaching: The role of parental support

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“…The frequency of subtle questioning about suggestive influence is problematic, as children testifying in court may not recognize the threat to their credibility. Specifically, theory of mind—the ability to recognize that others’ beliefs about the world can diverge from one’s own and to attribute false beliefs to others (Premack & Woodruff, 1978)—may be necessary to understand polysemous implicatures (Wylie et al, 2020). As theory of mind develops steadily into the teenage years (Sullivan et al, 1994; Wimmer & Perner, 1983), young children may lack the cognitive abilities needed to understand the polysemous implicatures in attorneys’ questions, which may result in children affirming questions suggesting coaching even when they were not coached.…”
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“…The frequency of subtle questioning about suggestive influence is problematic, as children testifying in court may not recognize the threat to their credibility. Specifically, theory of mind—the ability to recognize that others’ beliefs about the world can diverge from one’s own and to attribute false beliefs to others (Premack & Woodruff, 1978)—may be necessary to understand polysemous implicatures (Wylie et al, 2020). As theory of mind develops steadily into the teenage years (Sullivan et al, 1994; Wimmer & Perner, 1983), young children may lack the cognitive abilities needed to understand the polysemous implicatures in attorneys’ questions, which may result in children affirming questions suggesting coaching even when they were not coached.…”
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“…As noted above, polysemous implicatures are phrases whose implied meanings differ from their explicit meanings (Noveck, 2001). Because children’s ability to understand implied meaning increases with age (Sullivan et al, 1994; Wimmer & Perner, 1983), they may struggle to refute questions containing polysemous implicatures that subtly imply coaching or suggestive influence, even if there was no prior influence (Wylie et al, 2020).…”
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“…Children’s cognitive and linguistic immaturity may further hinder their understanding of and responses to questions about their experiences. For example, Stolzenberg et al (2017) highlighted how children’s confusion between being “asked” and “told” about an event might mislead forensic interviewers concerned about potential coaching and false reporting; similar difficulties may arise with other subtle aspects of language comprehension (e.g., Evans et al, 2017; Wylie et al, 2022).…”
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