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| Research article summary (published 29 Nov 2002): |
Children's memories of experienced and nonexperienced events following repeated interviews.
Full Abstract
The present study compared 3- and 5-year-olds' reports of a true or false play interaction following repeated interviews. Final interviews were conducted either by the same researcher or by a new researcher. Age-related improvements in performance were evident. Also, 3-year-olds questioned repeatedly about an entirely false event made more errors in response to specific questions than 3-year-olds questioned repeatedly about false details of a true event. Five-year-olds who were questioned about the false event, however, were particularly accurate when answering questions about never-experienced body touch. Interviewer familiarity was associated with decreases in the amount of narrative detail 5-year-olds provided in free-recall and with increases in 3-year-olds' accuracy in response to direct questions. Both errors and response latency on a cognitive matching task were related to children's suggestibility.
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Author/s: Quas, Jodi A (JA); Schaaf, Jennifer M (JM);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, 3340 Social Ecology II, Irvine, CA 92697-7085, USA. jquas(-atsign-)uci.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Journal of experimental child psychology (J Exp Child Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Dec; vol 83 (issue 4) : pp 304-38
Dates: Created 2002/12/09; Completed 2003/04/04; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12470963, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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