Children's memory for atypical actions in script-based stories: an examination of the disruption effect
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Six and eight year old children recall distractions that disrupt the outcome of the story better than obstacles that block the story. Disruptive distractions that produce more potential connections with the story are recalled better than those that produce less connections. The recall of obstacles is similar to that of vivid irrelevant actions. The vivid irrelevant actions and script actions are recalled better than pallid irrelevant actions. The results of the study show that the recall of typical and atypical actions is a complex process which is affected by the vividness of the action.
Publication Name: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0022-0965
Year: 1996
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Children's recall and recognition memory for typical and atypical actions inscript-based stories
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A study was conducted on children's ability to recall and recognize typical and atypical actions presented in script based stories. Results revealed that children recalled atypical actions better than typical actions. They also recalled less plausible atypical actions better than plausible atypical actions. Both plausible and less plausible atypical actions, however, were equally well recognized by children. It was found that children found it hard to differentiate between typical script actions contained in the story and typical script actions not included in the story.
Publication Name: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0022-0965
Year: 1993
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