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Differential Contributions of Language Skills to Children's Episodic Recall
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Klemfuss, J. Zoe – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2015
Theorists have identified language as a critical contributor to children's episodic memory development, yet studies linking language and memory have had mixed results. The present study aimed to clarify the mechanisms linking language and memory and to explain the previous mixed results. Sixty-four preschool children's receptive and productive…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Recall (Psychology), Preschool Children, Correlation
The Communication of Naïve Theories of the Social World in Parent-Child Conversation
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Chalik, Lisa; Rhodes, Marjorie – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2015
Three studies examined the communication of naïve theories of social groups in conversations between parents and their 4-year-old children (N = 48). Parent-child dyads read and discussed a storybook in which they either explained why past social interactions had occurred (Study 1) or evaluated whether future social interactions should occur…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Young Children, Story Reading