Interactive Context Integration in Children? Evidence from an Action Memory Study

Autor/inn/en	Mecklenbrauker, Silvia; Steffens, Melanie C.; Jelenec, Petra; Goergens, N. Kristine
Titel	Interactive Context Integration in Children? Evidence from an Action Memory Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 108 (2011) 4, S.747-761 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0965
DOI	10.1016/j.jecp.2010.12.002
Schlagwörter	Cues; Interaction; Recall (Psychology); Experimental Psychology; Age Differences; Kindergarten; Attention; Context Effect; Evaluation Methods; Action Research; Child Psychology; Elementary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stichwort; Interaktion; Abberufung; Experimentelle Psychologie; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Aufmerksamkeit; Projektforschung; Kinderpsychologie; Elementarunterricht
Abstract	Action-object phrases (e.g., "lift the bottle") are remembered better if they have been enacted rather than learned verbally. This enactment effect is largest in free recall for phrases with objects (e.g., "bottle") present because these phrases can be interactively encoded with those context objects ("interactive context integration") that serve as retrieval cues. The current study investigated whether 6- and 8-year-olds are already capable of interactive context integration. Experiment 1 demonstrated interactive context integration with 8-year-olds. This was hindered in a condition where attention was directed away from context objects. Experiment 2 demonstrated interactive context integration with 6-year-old kindergartners. Taken together, our findings show that even 6-year-olds are capable of incidental context integration through enactment and that this process is attention based. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10