The effects of verbal labels and vocabulary skill on memory and suggestibility

The current study investigated the effectiveness of the verbal labels procedure (D. A. Brown & M. E. Pipe, 2003) to improve preschool children's responses to direct open-ended and misleading questions. Additionally, children's vocabulary skill was considered. Eighty-seven preschool chi...

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Published inJournal of applied developmental psychology Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 460 - 466
Main Author Kulkofsky, Sarah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Inc 01.11.2010
Elsevier
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child development
Developmental psychology
Early Childhood Education
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Interviewing
Interviews
Language
Memory
Memory accuracy
Misleading questions
Preschool Children
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Recall (Psychology)
Suggestibility
Vocabulary
Vocabulary skill
Vocabulary Skills
Young Children
Memory accuracy
Language
Interviewing
Suggestibility
Vocabulary skill
Human
Preschool age
Testimony
Vocabulary
Memory
Cognition
False memory
Experimental study
Child
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Summary:The current study investigated the effectiveness of the verbal labels procedure (D. A. Brown & M. E. Pipe, 2003) to improve preschool children's responses to direct open-ended and misleading questions. Additionally, children's vocabulary skill was considered. Eighty-seven preschool children from diverse backgrounds were interviewed about a unique event in either a standard interview or a verbal labels interview. Children receiving the verbal labels interview produced more free recall information. However, this also included more error statements. Children in the verbal labels interview also showed better performance in answering direct open-ended questions. Importantly, the verbal labels procedure improved the performance of children in the low language group on misleading questions, erasing language effects. The results suggest that the verbal labels procedure may be a useful tool to improve young children's performance in memory interview, although future research indentifying factors that may influence the production of error statements is warranted.
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ISSN:0193-3973
1873-7900
DOI:10.1016/j.appdev.2010.09.002