Citation

Price HL, Connolly DA. Appl. Cogn. Psychol. 2004; 18(7): 809-821.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/acp.1059

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Research examining the effect of repeated experience on children's suggestibility for particular kinds of information has produced differing results. In one study, responses to recognition questions revealed heightened suggestibility for variable details in children who repeatedly experienced an event compared to children who experienced an event once. In other studies, no such effect was found with cued recall. In this study, 4-5-year old children engaged in one or four play sessions. Children were later given a biasing interview wherein half of the details were incorrectly represented. Children were then given a final memory test using free and cued recall prompts that was preceded by one of three instruction types: no special instructions, moderate instructions, or opposition instructions. Children in the repeated-event condition were more suggestible than those in the single-event condition, regardless of instructions. No significant differences in suggestibility were found across instructions conditions. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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