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The Role Of Executive Function In Children's Source Monitoring With Varying Retrieval Strategies, Kim P. Roberts, Becky Earhart May 2014

The Role Of Executive Function In Children's Source Monitoring With Varying Retrieval Strategies, Kim P. Roberts, Becky Earhart

Psychology Faculty Publications

Previous research on the relationship between executive function and source monitoring in young children has been inconclusive, with studies finding conflicting results about whether working memory and inhibitory control are related to source-monitoring ability. In this study, the role of working memory and inhibitory control in recognition memory and source monitoring with two different retrieval strategies were examined. Children (N = 263) aged 4–8 participated in science activities with two sources. They were later given a recognition and source-monitoring test, and completed measures of working memory and inhibitory control. During the source-monitoring test, half of the participants were asked …


Retrieval Of Episodic Versus Generic Information: Does The Order Of Recall Affect The Amount And Accuracy Of Details Reported By Children About Repeated Events?, Sonja P. Brubacher, Kim P. Roberts, Martine B. Powell Jan 2012

Retrieval Of Episodic Versus Generic Information: Does The Order Of Recall Affect The Amount And Accuracy Of Details Reported By Children About Repeated Events?, Sonja P. Brubacher, Kim P. Roberts, Martine B. Powell

Psychology Faculty Publications

Children (N = 157) 4- to 8-years old participated 1 (single) or 4 times (repeated) in an interactive event. Across each condition, half were questioned a week later about the only or a specific occurrence of the event (Depth-first), and then about what usually happens. Half were prompted in the reverse order (Breadth-first). Children with repeated experience who first were asked about what usually happens reported more event-related information overall than those asked about an occurrence first. All children used episodic language when describing an occurrence; however children with repeated-event experience used episodic language less …