Source Monitoring Reduces the Suggestibility of Preschool Children

The relation between source monitoring and suggestibility was examined among preschool children. Thirty-two 3- to 5-year-olds were simultaneously presented with a brief story in two different modalities, as a silent video vignette and a spoken narrative. Each modality presented unique information ab...

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychological science 2002-05, Vol.13 (3), p.288-291
Hauptverfasser: Giles, Jessica W., Gopnik, Alison, Heyman, Gail D.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The relation between source monitoring and suggestibility was examined among preschool children. Thirty-two 3- to 5-year-olds were simultaneously presented with a brief story in two different modalities, as a silent video vignette and a spoken narrative. Each modality presented unique information about the story, but the information in the two versions was mutually compatible. The children were then asked a series of questions, including questions about the source (modality) of story details, and leading questions about story details (to assess suggestibility). Performance on the source-monitoring questions was highly correlated with the ability to resist suggestion. In addition, children who were asked source-monitoring questions prior to leading questioning were less susceptible to suggestion than were those who were asked the leading questions first. This study provides evidence that source monitoring can play a causal role in reducing the suggestibility of preschool children.
ISSN:0956-7976
1467-9280
DOI:10.1111/1467-9280.00453