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ERIC Number: EJ354542
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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A Life-Span Study of the Interaction of Selectivity and Knowledge in Memory.
Azmitia, Margarita; And Others
Child Development, v58 n1 p276-81 Feb 1987
To examine selective memorization in a scene context in which the expectancy of items was manipulated, preschool children, young adults, and older adults viewed a series of familiar scenes and were asked to remember one item from each. Results for children contrasted with the typical result of selective memorization research. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Expectation, Incidental Learning, Memory, Older Adults, Preschool Children, Recognition (Psychology), Schemata (Cognition), Visual Stimuli, Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Note: Thematic issue: Special Section on Structural Equation Modeling.