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ERIC Number: EJ521960
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0965
Children's Memory for Atypical Actions in Script-Based Stories: An Examination of the Disruption Effect.
Davidson, Denise; Jergovic, Diana
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v61 n2 p134-52 Mar 1996
Examined the disruption effect in two recall experiments with six- and eight-year olds. In the first experiment, vivid irrelevant actions were better recalled than disruptions that were obstacles, but were not better recalled than disruptions that were distractions. Results of the second experiment suggest that disruptions that lead to more potential consequences are better recalled than other disruptions. (TJQ)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Causal Reasoning; Disruption; Distraction; Event Knowledge