The Strategic Regulation of Children's Memory Performance and Suggestibility

Autor/inn/en	Roebers, C.M.; Schneider, W.
Titel	The Strategic Regulation of Children's Memory Performance and Suggestibility
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 91 (2005) 1, S.24-44 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0965
DOI	10.1016/j.jecp.2005.01.001
Schlagwörter	Program Effectiveness; Memorization; Feedback; Recall (Psychology) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gedächtnistraining; Abberufung
Abstract	We report two empirical studies that investigated previously reported benefits of a high accuracy motivation, and thus a high threshold, for children's and adults' event recall and for their ability to resist false suggestions. In the studies, 6-, 7-, and 8-year-olds, as well as adults, were shown a brief video about an event and were later asked unbiased and misleading questions about it. In Study 1, participants were either (a) given the typical accuracy instructions (including the option to answer with ''I don't know''), (b) reminded of the accuracy instructions during the interview, or (c) immediately given feedback and a token for every correct answer. The results showed that the reminders were ineffective in stimulating strategic control behavior in children, independent of age. In Study 2, the confounding effects of feedback and incentives were disentangled by contrasting (a) free report, (b) feedback only, (c) incentives only, and (d) feedback plus incentives. Analyses on recall performance and suggestibility revealed that both feedback and incentives are necessary to increase children's accurate memory reports. (Author).
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