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| Research article summary (published 29 Apr 2002): |
Source-monitoring training facilitates preschoolers' eyewitness memory performance.
Full Abstract
Preschool children are more susceptible to misleading postevent information than are older children and adults. One reason for young children's suggestibility is their failure to monitor the source of their memories, as in, for example, discriminating whether an event was seen live versus on television. The authors investigated whether source-monitoring training would decrease preschoolers' suggestibility. Thirty-six 3-4-year-olds observed target live and video events and were then given source-monitoring or recognition (control) training on nontarget events. Following training, all children answered 24 misleading and nonmisleading target-event questions. Children given source-monitoring training were more accurate than control group children in response to misleading and nonmisleading yes-no questions and in response to nonmisleading, open-ended questions. Implications for strategy development, dual representation, and child witness interviewing are discussed.
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Author information
Author/s: Thierry, Karen L (KL); Spence, Melanie J (MJ);
Affiliation: School of Human Development, University of Texas at Dallas, USA. thierryk(-atsign-)mail.nih.gov
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Developmental psychology (Dev Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-May; vol 38 (issue 3) : pp 428-37
Dates: Created 2002/05/13; Completed 2002/11/07; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 12005385, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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