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Principe, Gabrielle F.; Tinguely, Alison; Dobkowski, Nicholas – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2007
This study examined age differences in children's vulnerability to be misled by two types of false overheard rumors, namely a rumor that suggested a reasonable explanation for an earlier unresolved experience and a rumor that suggested an explanation that conflicted with information already in memory. Results indicated that all of the children…
Descriptors: Memory, Age Differences, Young Children, Deception
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Needham, Amy – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2001
Investigated in 6 experiments how 4.5-month-old infants' perception of a display is affected by an immediate prior experience with an object similar to part of the test display. Found that infants' use of a prior experience is disrupted by changes in the features of the object, but not by change in its spatial orientation. (JPB)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Associative Learning, Cognitive Development, Infants
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Ratner, Hilary Horn; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1986
Examines development of event memory by determining how personally experienced events with two types of structure were reported by kindergartners and adults. Events in making and playing with clay were organized causally and temporally. Results show that adults and children used a goal-based hierarchical structure to remember events, although use…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development