Authors: | Vaporova, Elena Zmyj, Norbert |
Title: | Children’s suggestibility for neutral arbitrary actions in the context of norm violations |
Language (ISO): | en |
Abstract: | This study investigated children’s false memories for neutral arbitrary actions. Five- to six-year-olds (N = 32) were taught four arbitrary actions, each following specific rules. The children then watched a televised adult performing eight actions: the four familiar actions while violating one aspect of each rule script and four unfamiliar actions. Suggestive and non-suggestive questions about all witnessed actions were asked, followed by forced-choice test questions to measure the false memory effect. The likelihood of forming false memories was higher in the suggestive condition than in the non-suggestive condition. There was no effect of previously acquired knowledge about the rules of the actions and no interaction between rule knowledge and suggestion. The results are discussed in light of previous findings in related fields of false memory research. |
Subject Headings: | False memories Children Emotions Experimental design Memory Schools Monkeys Rubber |
Subject Headings (RSWK): | Erinnerung Kind Schule Experimentelle Versuchsforschung Beeinflussbarkeit Gedächtnis |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2003/41599 http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-23442 |
Issue Date: | 2023-05-25 |
Rights link: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Appears in Collections: | Lehrbereich für Entwicklungspsychologie |
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