Source Monitoring and False Recollection: A Life Span Developmental Perspective

In a variation of Deese's (1959, Journal of Experimental Psychology, 58, 17-22) list-learning paradigm, 32 first-graders, 32 younger adults, and 24 older adults self-generated words that were semantically related to study items prior to recall. This manipulation increased false recollection for...

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Published in:Experimental aging research 2000-01, Vol.26 (1), p.75-87
Main Authors: RYBASH, J. M, HRUBI-BOPP, K. L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aging - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Learning. Memory
Memory
Mental Recall
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
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Summary:In a variation of Deese's (1959, Journal of Experimental Psychology, 58, 17-22) list-learning paradigm, 32 first-graders, 32 younger adults, and 24 older adults self-generated words that were semantically related to study items prior to recall. This manipulation increased false recollection for children and older adults, but not for younger adults. These data suggest that source-monitoring deficits underlie children's and older adults' illusory memories within the list-learning format. The differential roles played by source monitoring versus declarative memory in the production of false memories are discussed from a life span developmental perspective.
ISSN:0361-073X
1096-4657
DOI:10.1080/036107300243696