Young Children's Memory for the Times of Personal Past Events

Autor/inn/en	Pathman, Thanujeni; Larkina, Marina; Burch, Melissa M.; Bauer, Patricia J.
Titel	Young Children's Memory for the Times of Personal Past Events
Quelle	In: Journal of Cognition and Development, 14 (2013) 1, S.120-140 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1524-8372
DOI	10.1080/15248372.2011.641185
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Recall (Psychology); Retention (Psychology); Cognitive Ability; Scoring; Statistical Analysis; Cognitive Processes; Age Differences; Minnesota; Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Abberufung; Merkfähigkeit; Denkfähigkeit; Bewertung; Statistische Analyse; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Remembering the temporal information associated with personal past events is critical for autobiographical memory, yet we know relatively little about the development of this capacity. In the present research, we investigated temporal memory for naturally occurring personal events in 4-, 6-, and 8-year-old children. Parents recorded unique events in which their children participated during a 4-month period. At test, children made relative recency judgments and estimated the time of each event using conventional time scales (time of day, day of week, month of year, and season). Children also were asked to provide justifications for their time-scale judgments. Six- and 8-year-olds, but not 4-year-olds, accurately judged the order of two distinct events. There were age-related improvements in children's estimation of the time of events using conventional time scales. Older children provided more justifications for their time-scale judgments compared with younger children. Relations between correct responding on the time-scale judgments and provision of meaningful justifications suggest that children may use that information to reconstruct the times associated with past events. The findings can be used to chart a developmental trajectory of performance in temporal memory for personal past events and have implications for our understanding of autobiographical memory development. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10