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Peer reviewedBerch, Daniel B. – Child Development, 1978
Results of two experiments suggested (1) that spatial cues serve as functional stimuli in the standard probe-type task, and (2) that the contextual uniqueness of the first item is probably responsible for the occurrence of primacy in young children. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cues, Elementary School Students, Memory
Peer reviewedBerch, Daniel B. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
Several measures of sensitivity (unbiased retention) and response bias are described and evaluated in terms of their applicability to the probe-type serial memory task. Suggestions are made regarding the major factors that should be considered when selecting an index for one's data. (Author/GO)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Memory, Nonparametric Statistics, Primacy Effect
