Reinstating Preschoolers' Memories

Three experiments measured 2.5- and 3.5-year-olds' long-term retention of object-location pairings. The subjects were provided with reinforcing information three weeks after the initial exposure and tested four weeks after initial exposure. It was found that this reinstatement (1) improved chil...

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Published inDevelopmental psychology Vol. 29; no. 5; p. 854
Main Author Howe, Mark L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.09.1993
Subjects
Age Differences
Early Childhood Education
Long Term Memory
Preschool Children
Recall (Psychology)
Reinforcement
Trace Integrity Theory
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Summary:Three experiments measured 2.5- and 3.5-year-olds' long-term retention of object-location pairings. The subjects were provided with reinforcing information three weeks after the initial exposure and tested four weeks after initial exposure. It was found that this reinstatement (1) improved children's long-term retention; (2) affected both forgetting and reminiscence; and (3) affected both storage and retrieval processes. (MDM)
ISSN:0012-1649
DOI:10.1037/0012-1649.29.5.854