Accuracy of child event frequency reports

The current study assessed whether the accuracy of children’s self-reports of events experienced differs as a function of age and how the question is asked. Additional factors like metamemory and distractibility were assessed. Primary-school students (M= 7.7 years) and middle-school students (M =...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dirghangi, Shrija R. (author)
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Florida Atlantic University
Subjects:
Online Access:http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004190
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004190
id ndltd-fau.edu-oai-fau.digital.flvc.org-fau_13660
record_format oai_dc
spelling ndltd-fau.edu-oai-fau.digital.flvc.org-fau_136602019-07-04T03:56:12Z Accuracy of child event frequency reports FA00004190 Dirghangi, Shrija R. (author) Laursen, Brett (Thesis advisor) Florida Atlantic University (Degree grantor) Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Department of Psychology 78 p. application/pdf Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Text English The current study assessed whether the accuracy of children’s self-reports of events experienced differs as a function of age and how the question is asked. Additional factors like metamemory and distractibility were assessed. Primary-school students (M= 7.7 years) and middle-school students (M = 9.7 years) completed two different versions of an event frequency measure, two times, at one week intervals. In one of the measures of event frequency, no memory prompts were provided (uncued questionnaire condition), while in the other measure, recall categories for aiding recollections were provided (cued questionnaire condition). Participants’ self-reported event frequencies for the cued and uncued questionnaires were compared with trained observers’ event frequencies for the cued and uncued conditions. Older children reported event frequency more accurately than younger participants. Participants also reported events with greater accuracy with the aid of memory prompts than without, an effect that was especially strong among the younger children. Neither metamemory nor distractibility was accountable for the differences within age groups. The findings suggest that age-related improvements in accuracy of event frequency across the transition into adolescence may, in part, be due to improvements in the ability to recall and recount those events in the absence of memory cues. Florida Atlantic University Cognition in adolescence Cognition in children Memory -- Age factors Memory in adolescence Memory in children Metacognition Includes bibliography. Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014. FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004190 http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004190 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ https://fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A13660/datastream/TN/view/Accuracy%20of%20child%20event%20frequency%20reports.jpg
collection NDLTD
language English
format Others
sources NDLTD
topic Cognition in adolescence
Cognition in children
Memory -- Age factors
Memory in adolescence
Memory in children
Metacognition
spellingShingle Cognition in adolescence
Cognition in children
Memory -- Age factors
Memory in adolescence
Memory in children
Metacognition
Accuracy of child event frequency reports
description The current study assessed whether the accuracy of children’s self-reports of events experienced differs as a function of age and how the question is asked. Additional factors like metamemory and distractibility were assessed. Primary-school students (M= 7.7 years) and middle-school students (M = 9.7 years) completed two different versions of an event frequency measure, two times, at one week intervals. In one of the measures of event frequency, no memory prompts were provided (uncued questionnaire condition), while in the other measure, recall categories for aiding recollections were provided (cued questionnaire condition). Participants’ self-reported event frequencies for the cued and uncued questionnaires were compared with trained observers’ event frequencies for the cued and uncued conditions. Older children reported event frequency more accurately than younger participants. Participants also reported events with greater accuracy with the aid of memory prompts than without, an effect that was especially strong among the younger children. Neither metamemory nor distractibility was accountable for the differences within age groups. The findings suggest that age-related improvements in accuracy of event frequency across the transition into adolescence may, in part, be due to improvements in the ability to recall and recount those events in the absence of memory cues. === Includes bibliography. === Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014. === FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
author2 Dirghangi, Shrija R. (author)
author_facet Dirghangi, Shrija R. (author)
title Accuracy of child event frequency reports
title_short Accuracy of child event frequency reports
title_full Accuracy of child event frequency reports
title_fullStr Accuracy of child event frequency reports
title_full_unstemmed Accuracy of child event frequency reports
title_sort accuracy of child event frequency reports
publisher Florida Atlantic University
url http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004190
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004190
_version_ 1719219237609799680