If It Happened, I Would Remember It: Strategic Use of Event Memorability in the Rejection of False Autobiographical Events

Autor/inn/en	Ghetti, Simona; Alexander, Kristen Weede
Titel	If It Happened, I Would Remember It: Strategic Use of Event Memorability in the Rejection of False Autobiographical Events
Quelle	In: Child Development, 75 (2004) 2, S.542-561 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00692.x
Schlagwörter	Rejection (Psychology); Recall (Psychology); Age Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ablehnung; Abberufung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	The present research investigated the link between perceived event memorability and false-event rejection. In 2 studies, event salience, plausibility, and recency were manipulated. Study 1 showed that high-salience events elicited higher memorability ratings than low-salience events for 5-, 7-, 9-year-olds and adults. Plausibility and recency affected only 9-year-olds' and adults' judgments. Study 2 demonstrated that younger versus older children and adults were less likely to reject false events, and that older children and adults were more likely to reject false events based on salience than were younger children. High-recency false events were more likely to be rejected than low-recency false events. Consistent with prediction, recency moderated the effect of salience. The development of metamemorial awareness and rejection strategies is discussed. (Author).
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