Age-appropriate cues facilitate source-monitoring and reduce suggestibility in 3- to 7-year-olds

摘要: Abstract Providing cues to facilitate the recovery of source information can reduce postevent misinformation effects in adults, implying that errors source-monitoring contribute suggestibility (e.g., [Lindsay, D. S., & Johnson, M. K. (1989). The eyewitness effect and memory for source. Memory Cognition, 17, 349–358]). present study investigated whether plays a similar role children’s suggestibility. It also examined accuracy judgements is dependent on type task employed at test. After watching film listening misleading narrative, 3–4- 6–7-year-olds (n = 116) were encouraged attend retrieval. This was achieved either via sequential “question pairs”, which are typically used research, or novel “posting-box” procedure, all options provided simultaneously. Performance elicited by each compared with evoked old/new recognition procedures. Posting-box, but not question pair, effective reducing magnitude effect, relative observed under conditions. Furthermore, pairs provoked bias respond affirmatively 3–4-year-olds. findings imply may be partially explained sub-optimal use intact information, activated age-appropriate strategies