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London, Kamala; Nunez, Narina – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2002
Investigated whether 4- to 6-year-olds' ability to reason about truths and lies influenced their truth-telling behavior. Found that children's performance on truth/lie questions did not predict their truth-telling. Regardless of performance on truth/lie questions, children receiving developmentally appropriate truth/lie discussions gave more…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Competence
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Roebers, Claudia M.; Howie, Pauline – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2003
Two studies examined progression in children's and adults' ability to monitor attempts to recall event details and the dependence of metamemory on question format. Only with an unbiased question format did subjects give higher confidence ratings after correct than after incorrect answers. When interviews contained misleading questions, children…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development
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Finnila, Katarina; Mahlberg, Nina; Santtila, Pekka; Sandnabba, Kenneth; Niemi, Pekka – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2003
Examined the relative contributions of internal and external sources of variation in children's suggestibility in interrogative situations. Found that internal sources of individual differences in suggestibility measured on a suggestibility test did influence children's answers during an interview, but that external sources or interview styles had…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis