Children's Source Monitoring

by Roberts, Kim P.; Blades, Mark; Blades, Mark; Goodman, Gail S.

• ISBN13: 9780805833263
• ISBN10: 0805833269
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

There are many aspects of life which require us to distinguish between memories of different events, such as deciding whether you locked the door or only intended to lock the door. Source monitoring, or identifying the source of a particular memory (was the event experienced? related by someone else? or simply imagined?) is a cognitive skill that develops across the life span. In this book, the first to integrate research on children's source monitoring, readers will find an accessible overview of source-monitoring theory and findings from the research programs of leading investigators in this area. The programs of research cut across different methodologies (e.g., nomothetic, individual differences, clinical) and are applied to a wide range of issues in children's lives. Particular emphasis is placed on the effects of source monitoring on eyewitness memory and identification, learning and knowledge, and the development of a theory of mind.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: Children's Source Monitoring	1	(10)
Kim P. Roberts
An Overview of Theory and Research on Children's Source Monitoring	11	(48)
Kim P. Roberts
Belief and Disbelief: Children's Assessments of the Reliability of Sources of Knowledge About the World	59	(26)
Elizabeth J. Robinson
Person Perspectives on Children's Memory and Learning: What Do Source-Monitoring Failures Reveal?	85	(30)
Hilary Horn Ratner
Mary Ann Foley
Nicole Gimpert
Source Monitoring as a Framework for Conceptualizing the Nature of Memory Difficulties in Children With Learning Disabilities	115	(32)
Thomas C. Lorsbach
Discriminating Between Memories of Television and Real Life	147	(24)
Kim P. Roberts
Mark Blades
A Comparison Between Fuzzy-Trace Theory and Source-Monitoring Theory: Evidence From an Eyewitness Suggestibility Study	171	(26)
Karen L. Thierry
Melanie J. Spence
Amina Memon
Do You Really Remember It Happening or Do You Only Remember Being Asked About It Happening? Children's Source Monitoring in Forensic Contexts	197	(30)
Jodi A. Quas
Jennifer M. Schaaf
Kristin W. Alexander
Gail S. Goodman
A Mental-State Reasoning Model of Suggestibility and Memory Source Monitoring	227	(30)
Melissa Welch-Ross
Source Monitoring and Suggestibility: An Individual Differences Approach	257	(32)
Michelle D. Leichtman
Marjorie B. Morse
Angela Dixon
Rainer Spiegel
The Study of Developmental Differences in Face Identification Accuracy as Instances of Source-Monitoring Judgments	289	(28)
Mary Ann Foley
Hugh J. Foley
Kim Cormier
Conclusions: Children's Source Monitoring	317	(20)
Kim P. Roberts
About the Contributors	337	(6)
Author Index	343	(12)
Subject Index	355