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Using Toys and Models in Interviews with Young Children
Author(s) -
Priestley Gina,
Pipe MargaretEllen
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199702)11:1<69::aid-acp426>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - interview , psychology , event (particle physics) , similarity (geometry) , presentation (obstetrics) , developmental psychology , social psychology , applied psychology , computer science , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , political science , law , image (mathematics) , radiology
The present study examined the conditions under which toys and model items facilitate children's accounts of personally experienced events. In three experiments, 109 five‐ to six‐year‐old children were interviewed about an event in which they had participated. Experiment 1 varied the similarity of the props to the items from the event while Experiments 2 and 3 varied the number of model items and the method of their presentation. Results showed that increasing the physical similarity of the props to items from the event, adding spatial layout cues, or increasing the number of props provided enhanced the facilitative effects of props on children's accounts. The implications of these results for interviewing children in clinical and legal contexts are discussed. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.