... ?). Therefore most research conducted before the 1990's can be regarded as inaccurate and irrelevant. Since then, numerous changes have been made in an attempt to give us a more accurate picture of the children's event memory, particularly in relation to interviews. For example, more preschoolers are participants, the questions are often of a personal nature and several different interviewing devices, not just misleading questions, are incorporated into an interview. It can easily be argued that all interviewers or researchers are biased in some way as they are trying to prove or disprove a theory, hypothesis or event. This therefore makes it very difficult to be impartial. In cases where an interviewer suspects child abuse it is particularly difficult not to be biased because of the strong feelings that this may cause. Therefore it is crucial that interviewer bias and its effect on children's event memory are investigated. It is unlikely that biased ...

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