ERIC Number: EJ722895
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 15
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 31
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Development of Temporal-Reconstructive Abilities
Friedman, William J.; Lyon, Thomas D.
Child Development, v76 n6 p1202-1216 Nov-Dec 2005
In a study of the ability to reconstruct the times of past events, 86 children from 4 to 13 years recalled the times of 2 in-class demonstrations that had occurred 3 months earlier and judged the times of hypothetical events. Many of the abilities needed to reconstruct the times of events were present by 6 years, including the capacity to interpret many temporally relevant cues, but there were substantial changes well into middle childhood in the availability of temporally useful episodic information. Children were poor at remembering the events' proximity or order with respect to a major holiday, but the order of the 2 target events was well recalled by 6 years.
Descriptors: Cues, Children, Age Differences, Time Perspective, Recall (Psychology), Child Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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