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Autosuggestibility in memory development

C J Brainerd1, V F Reyna

  • 1Department of Educational Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.

Cognitive Psychology
|February 1, 1995
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Children

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Memory Studies

Background:

  • Autosuggestibility can lead to false memories in children.
  • Children may incorporate illogical reasoning into their memory recall.
  • Understanding memory development is crucial for accurate assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate autosuggestibility in children.
  • To examine how illogical reasoning influences memory recall.
  • To explore the role of gist intrusion in memory errors.

Main Methods:

  • Children completed reasoning problems and memory tests.
  • Illogical solutions were compared to memory responses.
  • Experiments 1-5 analyzed memory shifts and gist intrusion.

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Main Results:

  • Children's memory answers shifted towards illogical reasoning solutions.
  • Memory shifts decreased with increasing age.
  • Gist intrusion, not retroactive interference, was identified as the cause.

Conclusions:

  • Inappropriate gist intrusion contributes to autosuggestibility in children.
  • Memory retrieval is influenced by the availability of verbatim memories.
  • This model explains how children form false memories based on reasoning errors.