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ERIC Number: EJ578042
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0965
Children's False Memories: A Test of the Dissociability of Cognitive and Social Processes.
Ackerman, Brian
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v71 n2 p178-83 Nov 1998
Comments that fuzzy-trace theory is broadly comprehensive and contains compelling experimental manipulations; debates assumptions of the theory. Describes aspects of the historical and theoretical context of the theory and its usefulness in organizing false memory phenomena. Suggests some limitations concerning the representation of child intentionality and of social and affective phenomena. (LBT)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Evaluative Thinking, Mathematical Models, Memory, Piagetian Theory, Psychological Studies, Recall (Psychology), Recognition (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: False Memories; Fuzzy Trace Theory; Identity (Psychological); Memory Deficits
Note: Comments on article by Brainerd and Reyna (PS 528 672) in this issue.