Recent high profile cases of
child sexual abuse have increased interest in the grooming behaviors of child
molesters and why these offenders are
not identified sooner.
This study examined one possible explanation-the
hindsight bias. Five hundred and twenty-six undergraduates were randomly
assigned to read one of six vignettes and asked to rate the likelihood the
person in the story is a child molester.
Results supported the presence of the
hindsight bias, with participants who were given outcome information overestimating
the likelihood they would have predicted that the person was a child molester.
Also, participants were able to recognize sexual grooming behaviors when the
potential child molester was a relative and nonrelative.
Findings indicated
that sexual grooming behaviors may be more easily identified than previously
proposed, but individuals greatly overestimate the likelihood they would have
predicted a person was a child molester once they are given outcome information.
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By: Winters GM1, Jeglic EL1.
- 1 Psychology Department , John Jay College of Criminal Justice , New York, New York , USA.
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