The production of spontaneous false memories across childhood

被引:28
作者
Otgaar, Henry [1 ]
Howe, Mark L. [2 ]
Peters, Maarten [1 ]
Smeets, Tom [1 ]
Moritz, Steffen [3 ]
机构
[1] Maastricht Univ, Fac Psychol & Neurosci, NL-6200 MD Maastricht, Netherlands
[2] City Univ London, Dept Psychol, London EC1V 0HB, England
[3] Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf, Dept Psychiat & Psychotherapy, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
关键词
False memory; Development; Memory; DRM; Suggestion; Spreading activation; SPREADING ACTIVATION THEORY; DEVELOPMENTAL REVERSALS; STORY CONTEXTS; DRM ILLUSION; CHILDRENS; ADULTS; RECOGNITION; DISTINCTIVENESS; SUGGESTIBILITY; EXPERIENCE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jecp.2013.11.019
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
We found evidence that the usual developmental trends in children's spontaneous false memories were eliminated using novel stimuli containing obvious themes. That is, children created more false memories than adults when scenes needed to be remembered. In Experiment 1, 7- and 8-year-olds had higher false memory rates than adults when using visual scenes. Experiment 2 showed that gist cuing could not account for this effect. In Experiment 3, children and adults received visual scenes and story contexts in which these scenes were embedded. For both types of stimuli, we found that children had the highest false memory rates. Our results indicate that the underlying theme of these scenes is easily identified, resulting in our developmental false memory trend. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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