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Reducing Misinformation Effects in Children With Cognitive Interviews: Dissociating Recollection and Familiarity
Author(s) -
Holliday Robyn E.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8624.00565
Subject(s) - misinformation , psychology , recall , cognition , developmental psychology , suggestibility , dissociation (chemistry) , cognitive interview , false memory , cognitive psychology , psychiatry , chemistry , political science , law
Two experiments examined the effect of a cognitive interview on 4‐ and 8‐year‐old children's correct recall and subsequent reporting of misinformation. Children viewed an event followed by misinformation that was read or self‐generated either before or after a cognitive interview. Children were then given a recognition test under inclusion and exclusion instructions. A cognitive interview elicited more correct details than a control interview. Age‐related changes were found such that the 8‐year‐old children's reports were more complete and they recalled more correct person, action, object, and location details than the 4‐year‐old children. A cognitive interview given after postevent misinformation reduced children's reporting of misinformation at interview and reduced reporting of self‐generated misinformation at test. Process dissociation analyses revealed that recollection increased but familiarity decreased with age.