Analyzing False Memories in Children with Associative Lists Specific for Their Age

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      Blackwell Publishing. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8599; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/jnl_default.asp
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      15
    • Education Level:
      Early Childhood Education
      Elementary Education
      Elementary Secondary Education
      Preschool Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Preadolescents; Models; Age Differences; Preschool Children; Grade 2; Adults; Experiments; Early Childhood Education; Research Methodology; Recall (Psychology); Association (Psychology); Child Development; Associative Learning
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01059.x
    • ISSN:
      0009-3920
    • Abstract:
      Two experiments attempted to resolve previous contradictory findings concerning developmental trends in false memories within the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm by using an improved methodology--constructing age-appropriate associative lists. The research also extended the DRM paradigm to preschoolers. Experiment 1 (N = 320) included children in three age groups (preschoolers of 3-4 years, second-graders of 7-8 years, and preadolescents of 11-12 years) and adults, and Experiment 2 (N = 64) examined preschoolers and preadolescents. Age-appropriate lists increased false recall. Although preschoolers had fewer false memories than the other age groups, they showed considerable levels of false recall when tested with age-appropriate materials. Results were discussed in terms of fuzzy-trace, source-monitoring, and activation frameworks.
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    • Number of References:
      41
    • Publication Date:
      2007
    • Accession Number:
      EJ769845