Source Monitoring
Definition
Distinguishing information experienced directly from information encountered elsewhere.
Related terms
- Estimator Variable
- A circumstance relevant to reliability that cannot be retroactively changed.
- Misinformation Effect
- Loftus's finding that post-event information, including the vocabulary used in questions, can alter what a witness reports remembering, producing false memories that...
- System Variable
- An aspect of evidence collection that the justice system can influence.