Examination of the effect of mental reinstatement of context acress developmental level, retention interval and type of mnemonic instruction
Dietze, Paul M., Powell, Martine B. and Thomson, Donald M. 2012, Examination of the effect of mental reinstatement of context acress developmental level, retention interval and type of mnemonic instruction, Psychiatry, psychology and law, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 89-103, doi: 10.1080/13218719.2010.543410.
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Examination of the effect of mental reinstatement of context acress developmental level, retention interval and type of mnemonic instruction
The effect of mental reinstatement of context was examined using a 4*5*2 factorial design incorporating four age groups (6-year-olds, 8-year-olds, 11-year-olds and adults), two retention intervals (1 day and 2 weeks after the stimulus event) and five interview conditions. The interview conditions included; free recall, mental reinstatement-environment (where the setting was reinstated but no event-related detail was provided in the mnemonic instruction), mental reinstatement-event (where specific event-related content was provided), mental reinstatement-combined (a combination of the two above-mentioned methods) and specific questions. Overall, mental reinstatement (irrespective of the type) was found to enhance correct recall performance compared to free recall and (unlike specific questions) it did not lead to greater number of commission errors. Contrary to our initial predictions, however, there was no evidence of any special benefit of mental reinstatement for children and the effect of the technique did not vary consistently as a function of retention interval.
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eng
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10.1080/13218719.2010.543410
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170104 Forensic Psychology
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970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
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