A picture corrects a thousand words

• Verfasst von: Pulm, Claudine [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Gast, Anne [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Rummel, Jan [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: A picture corrects a thousand words
• Titelzusatz: the effect of photos on veracity feedback
• Verf.angabe: Claudine Pulm, Anne Gast, Jan Rummel
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: 13 September 2024
• Umfang: 10 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 05.03.2025
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Consciousness and cognition
• Ort Quelle: Orlando, Fla. : Academic Press, 1992
• Jahr Quelle: 2024
• Band/Heft Quelle: 125(2024), Artikel-ID 103758, Seite 103758-1-103758-10
• ISSN Quelle: 1090-2376
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.concog.2024.103758
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Feedback
• Sach-SW: Memory
• Sach-SW: Misinformation
• Sach-SW: Truthiness Effect
• K10plus-PPN: 1919167129

Abstract

The truthiness effect (Newman et al., 2012) refers to the belief that any particular stimulus is truthful when it is accompanied by nonprobative information (e.g., a photograph). Accordingly, photo-accompanied statements are more likely to be judged as truthful compared to statements without a photo. In an online experiment (N = 98) with two assessment times, we aimed to replicate this effect and its persistence over time. Furthermore, we were interested in to what extent feedback on the actual veracity of statements would be affected by the presence of a photo. Participants rated the veracity of trivia statements either accompanied by a nonprobative photo or not. Feedback on veracity, with or without a nonprobative photo, was provided after some but not all veracity judgments. The truthiness effect could neither be replicated immediately nor after 48 h. Feedback facilitated discrimination between true and false statements − especially when accompanied by a photo. However, feedback also led to a bias towards responding “true”. Our findings suggest using photos in feedback on veracity.