In:
Experimental Psychology, Hogrefe Publishing Group, Vol. 49, No. 2 ( 2002-04), p. 132-140
Abstract:
Abstract. Children (5-6 year olds, 7-8 year olds, 9-10 year olds) and adults from Germany and the United States were shown a brief video of a theft. One week later, participants were asked to give a free narrative of an observed event (free recall), followed either by sets of misleading or unbiased questions, and finally they were given a three-choice recognition question for each queried item. German participants of all ages had higher levels of correct free recall than did American participants. American adults and 9-10 year olds gave more correct responses to the open-ended unbiased questions than did their German counterparts. Germans of all ages made more correct responses to the misleading questions, whereas national differences, favoring the Germans, for incorrect response to misleading questions were restricted to the 5-6 year olds. National differences were interpreted as reflecting possible differences in strategic abilities, exposure to formal instruction, and the degree to which children experience self-directed, autonomous learning opportunities.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1618-3169
,
2190-5142
DOI:
10.1027//1618-3169.49.2.132
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hogrefe Publishing Group
Publication Date:
2002
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1237835-5
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2073857-2
SSG:
2,1
SSG:
5,2
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