PSYC 3440 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Toothpaste, Metacognition, Sensory Memory
7 Dec 2013
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Children tend to not have the greatest level of accuracy when it comes to memory recall, and will often report false memories: e. g. Ceci & bruck"s (1998) study whereby children were asked leading questions such as. Verbatim includes literal details of situation (e. g. exact words spoken) Verbatim lasts for only a short time in the memory, while gist can be held for longer periods. Children tend to rely mostly on verbatim, accounting for poor memory recall. Prior knowledge and experience helps with encoding and long-term recall as children grow up: storage: Children below the age of six have high suggestibility in terms of their memory storage (greatly influenced by experiences that occur after the memory is formed) Young children will therefore modify their eye-witness reports to fit better with implications made by leading questions. Younger children also forget things quicker even if they remember as much as older children in the short-term.
