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Effects of practicing episodic versus scripted recall on children’s subsequent narratives of a repeated event.

Children (N = 240) ages 5 to 8 years participated in 1 or 4 activity sessions involving interactive tasks (e.g., completing a puzzle); children with single-event participation served as a control group. One week after their last/only session, all children were practiced in episodic recall of unrelated experiences by asking about either the (a) a single-experience event, (b) a specific instance of a repeated event, or (c) scripted recall of a series of events. Children were subsequently interviewed in an open-ended, nonsuggestive manner about 1 of the activity sessions; children with repeated experience were permitted to nominate the session they wanted to talk about. For children who participated 4 times, practice recalling a specific instance benefited 5- and 6-year-old children most; they reported more target details than other conditions and showed awareness of the repeated nature of the activity sessions. Accuracy levels were maintained regardless of practice type. Children with single-event experience were largely unaffected by manipulation of practice condition. Practical implications for interviews with child victim/witnesses and theoretical implications on children’s ability to recall specific incidents of repeated events are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)

Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 04/06/2011 | Link to this post on IFP |
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