Eyewitness Memory in African American Children from Low-Income Families

Autor/in	Nida, Robert E.
Titel	Eyewitness Memory in African American Children from Low-Income Families
Quelle	In: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 64 (2018) 4, S.483-513, Artikel 3 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-930X
Schlagwörter	Memory; African American Children; Low Income Groups; Preschool Children; Correlation; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Ability; Vocabulary; Economically Disadvantaged; Physical Examinations; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gedächtnis; African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Korrelation; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Mündliche Leistung; Wortschatz; Medical examination; Medizinische Untersuchung
Abstract	The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the eyewitness memory performance of 3- and 5-year-old African American children (N = 33) from lowincome households. The children were asked to remember the routine details of a physical examination immediately after the physical exam and again after a delay interval of 6 weeks. Age-related changes in children's memory performance were found, with the older children remembering more than the young children. Five-year-olds recalled more information in response to open-ended questions, provided greater elaborative details of the examination, and exhibited greater consistency in their recall across both of the interviews than did their younger counterparts. Children's abilities to resist incongruous questions were markedly low, with correct-denial rates of the 3-year-olds being below chance levels and those of the 5-year-olds just above chance levels. Significant correlations were found between mental age scores derived from the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, 3rd edition, and the children's rates of correct denials and false alarms. The findings are discussed in terms of cognitive processes and language development among economically disadvantaged African American children. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01