PSYC 268 Lecture Notes - Demand Characteristics, Headache, Suggestibility
30 Nov 2011
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3 year olds played a game with their mom where they pretended they were opening an ice cream store. Amount/type of convo between mom/child were observed. Measured memory 1 day or 3 weeks after. Open-ended questions child recalled impressive amounts of detail after 3 weeks: amount they recalled varied as a function of the type of interaction that occurred around that detail. Measured memory of 5 year olds immediately after a medical check-up + 12 weeks later. 6 weeks after the check-up they engaged in 1 of 4 conditions: follow-up interview, returned to doctor"s office (no interview and no reminder, watched a video of another child"s check-up, no intervening event (control) Children recalled a high amount of correct info about their visit, which only declined slightly after 12 wks. Children"s suggestibility a suggestibility effect occurs when kids/adults report that something they were only told about really had occurred.
