The Role of Schemata in Children's Memory

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue C, 1996, Pages 35-58

  Davidson, Denise ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; REVIEW;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MENTAL RECALL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0029686153     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2407(08)60505-4     Document Type: Chapter

References (76)

1. Adams L.T., and Worden P.E. Script development and organization in preschool and elementary school children. Discourse Processes 9 (1986) 149-166
2. Ann W., Brewer W., and Mooney R.J. Schema acquisition from a single example. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 18 (1992) 391-412
3. Baker-Ward L., Gordon B.N., Ornstein P.A., Larus D.M., and Clubb P.A. Young children's long-term retention of a pediatric examination. Child Development 64 (1993) 1519-1533
4. Bauer P.J. Memory for gender-consistent and gender-inconsistent event sequences by twenty-five-month-old children. Child Development 64 (1993) 285-297
5. Bauer P.J., and Mandler J.M. One thing follows another: Effects of temporal structure on 1-and 2-year-olds' recall of events. Developmental Psychology 25 (1989) 197-206
6. Bauer P.J., and Mandler J.M. Putting the horse before the cart: The use of temporal order in recall of events by one-year-old children. Developmental Psychology 28 (1992) 441-452
7. Bauer P.A., and Shore C.M. Making a memorable event: Effects of familiarity and organization on young children's recall of action sequences. Cognitive Development 2 (1987) 327-338
8. Biemat M. Gender stereotypes and the relationship between masculinity and femininity: A developmental analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 61 (1991) 351-365
9. Bower G.H., Black J.B., and Turner T.J. Scripts in memory for text. Cognitive Psychology 11 (1979) 177-220
10. Brewer W.F., and Nakamura G.V. The nature and functions of schemas. In: Wyer Jr. R.S., and Srull T.K. (Eds). Handbook of social cognition 1 (1984), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ 119-160
11. Bryant J., and Zillmann D. Perspectives on mass media effects. (1986), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ
12. Carstensen L., Mason S.E., and Caldwell E.C. Children's attitudes toward the elderly: An intergenerational technique for change. Educational Gerontology 8 (1982) 291-301
13. Carter D.B., and Levy G.D. Cognitive aspects of early sex-role development: The influence of gender schemas on preschoolers' memories and preferences for sex-typed toys and activities. Child Development 59 (1988) 782-792
14. Ceci S.J., and Bruck M. Suggestibility of the child witness: A historical review and synthesis. Psychological Bulletin 113 (1993) 403-439
15. Clubb P.A., Nida R.E., Merritt K., and Omstein P.A. Visiting the doctor: Children's knowledge and memory. Cognitive Development 8 (1993) 361-372
16. Davidson D. Recognition and recall of irrelevant and interruptive atypical actions in script-based stories. Journal of Memory and Language 33 (1994) 757-775
17. Davidson, D. (1994b May). Memory for typical and atypical actions in script-based text: A lifespan perspective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL
18. Davidson D., Cameron P., and Jergovic D. The effects of children's stereotypes on their memory for elderly individuals. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly 41 (1995) 70-90
19. Davidson D., and Hoe S. Children's recall and recognition memory for typical and atypical actions in script-based stories. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 55 (1993) 104-126
20. Davidson D., and Jergovic D. Children's memory for atypical actions in script-based stories: An examination of the disruption effect. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 61 (1996) 134-152
21. Fagot B.I., Leinbach M.D., and Hagan R. Gender labeling and the adoption of sex-typed behaviors. Developmental Psychology 22 (1986) 440-443
22. Fagot B.I., Leinbach M.D., and O'Boyle C. Gender labeling, gender stereotyping, and parenting behaviors. Developmental Psychology 28 (1992) 225-230
23. Fivush R. Learning about school: The development of kindergartners' school scripts. Child Development 55 (1984) 1697-1709
24. Fivush R., Hudson J., and Nelson K. Children's long-term memory for a novel event: An exploratory study. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly 30 (1984) 303-316
25. Goldman S., and Varnhagen C.K. Memory for embedded and sequential story structures. Journal of Memory and Language 25 (1985) 401-418
26. Goodman G.S., Hirschman J.E., Hepps D., and Rudy L. Children's memory for stressful events. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly 37 (1987) 109-158
27. Graesser A.C., and Clark L.F. Structures and procedures of implicit knowledge. (1985), Ablex, Norwood, NJ
28. Graesser A.C., Woll S.B., Kowalaski D.J., and Smith D.A. Memory for typical and atypical actions in script activities. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory 6 (1980) 503-515
29. Hamond N.R., and Fivush R. Memories of Mickey Mouse: Young children recount their trip to Disneyworld. Cognitive Development 6 (1991) 433-448
30. Hess T.M. Aging and schematic influences on memory. In: Hess T.M. (Ed). Aging and Cognition: Knowledge organization and utilization (1990), North-Holland, Amsterdam 93-160
31. Hirshman E., Whelley M.M., and Palu M. An investigation of paradoxical memory effects. Journal of Memory and Language 28 (1989) 594-609
32. Hudson J. Memories are made of this: General event knowledge and the development of autobiographical memory. In: Nelson K. (Ed). Event knowledge: Structure and function in development (1986), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ 97-118
33. Hudson J. Children's memory for atypical actions in script-based stories: Evidence for a disruption effect. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 46 (1988) 159-173
34. Hudson J. Constructive processing in Children's event memory. Developmental Psychology 26 (1990) 180-187
35. Hudson J., and Fivush R. As time goes by: Sixth graders remember a kindergarten experience. Applied Cognitive Psychology 5 (1991) 347-360
36. Hudson J., and Nelson K. Effects of script structure on Children's story recall. Developmental Psychology 19 (1983) 625-635
37. Hudson J., and Nelson K. Repeated encounters of a similar kind: Effects of familiarity on Children's autobiographical memory. Cognitive Development 1 (1986) 253-271
38. Hunt R.R. The subtlety of distinctiveness: What von Restorff really did. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2 (1995) 105-112
39. Hudson A.C. The development of sex typing: Themes from recent research. Developmental Review 5 (1985) 1-17
40. Jantz R.K., Seefeldt C., Galper A., and Serlock K. Children's attitudes toward the elderly. Social Education 41 (1977) 518-523
41. Jones D.C., Swift D.J., and Johnson M.A. Nondeliberate memory for a novel event among preschoolers. Developmental Psychology 24 (1988) 641-645
42. Koblinsky S., and Cruse D.F. The role of frameworks in Children's retention of sex-related story content. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 31 (1981) 321-331
43. Koblinsky S., Cruse D.F., and Sugawara A.I. Sex-role stereotypes and Children's memory for story content. Child Development 49 (1978) 452-458
44. Krause D., and Chapin R. An examination of attitudes about old age in a sample of elementary school children. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education 7 (1988) 81-91
45. Maki R.H. Memory for script actions: Effects of relevance and detail expectancy. Memory and Cognition 18 (1990) 5-14
46. Mandler J.M. A code in the node: The use of a story schema in retrieval. Discourse Processes 1 (1978) 14-35
47. Mandler J.M. Categorical and schematic organization in memory. In: Puff C.R. (Ed). Memory organization and structure (1979), Academic Press, New York 259-299
48. Martin C.L. The role of cognition in understanding gender effects. In: Reese H.W. (Ed). Advances in child development and behavior 23 (1991), Academic Press, San Diego, CA 113-149
49. Martin C.L., and Halverson C.F. The effects of sex-typing schemas on young Children's memory. Child Development 54 (1983) 563-574
50. McCabe A., and Peterson C. Developing narrative structure. (1991), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ
51. Meltzoff A.N. Infant imitation and memory: Nine-month-olds in immediate and deferred tests. Child Development 59 (1988) 217-225
52. Merritt K.A., Ornstein P.A., and Spicker B. Children's memory for a salient medical procedure: Implications for testimony. Pediatrics 94 (1994) 17-23
53. Mitchell J., Wilson K., Revicki D., and Parker L. Children's perceptions of aging: A multidimensional approach to differences by age, sex, and race. The Geronlologist 25 (1985) 182-187
54. Myers J.L., Shinjo M., and Duffy S.A. Degree of causal relatedness and memory. Journal of Memory and Language 26 (1987) 453-465
55. Myles-Worsley M., Cromer C.C., and Dodd D.H. Children's preschool script reconstruction: Reliance on general knowledge as memory fades. Developmental Psychology 22 (1986) 22-30
56. Nelson K. Event knowledge: Structure and function in development. (1986), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ
57. Nelson K., Fivush R., Hudson J., and Lucariello J. Scripts and the development of memory. In: Chi M.T.H. (Ed). Contributions to human development 9 (1983), Kargar, New York 52-70
58. Nelson K., and Gruendal J. Generalized event representations: Basic building blocks of cognitive development. In: Brown A., and Lamb M. (Eds). Advances in developmental psychology 1 (1981), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ 131-158
59. Nesdale A.R., and McLaughlin K. Effects of sex stereotypes on young Children's memories. British Journal of Developmental Psychology 5 (1987) 231-241
60. Ornstein P.A., Gordon B.N., and Baker-Ward L.E. Children's memory for salient events: Implications for testimony. In: Howe M.L., Brainerd C.J., and Reyna V.F. (Eds). Development of long-term retention (1992), Springer-Verlag, New York 135-158
61. Pascual-Leone J. Attentional, dialectic, and mental effort: Toward an organismic theory of life stages. In: Commons M.L., Richards F.A., and Armon C. (Eds). Beyond formal operations: Late adolescent and adult cognitive development (1984), Praeger, NY 182-215
62. Rholes W.S., and Ruble D.N. Children's understanding of dispositional characteristics of others. Child Development 55 (1984) 550-560
63. Rholes W.S., and Ruble D.N. Children's impressions of other persons: The effects of temporal separation of behavioral information. Child Development 57 (1986) 872-878
64. Robinson-Riegler B., and McDaniel M.A. Further constraints on the bizarreness effect: Elaboration at encoding. Memory & Cognition 22 (1994) 701-712
65. Schank R.C., and Abelson R. Scripts, plans, goals, and understanding. (1977), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ
66. Sheingold K., and Tenney Y.J. Memory for a salient childhood event. In: Neisser U. (Ed). Memory observed: Remembering in natural contexts (1982), Freeman, San Francisco, CA 201-212
67. Signorella M.L., and Liben L.S. Recall and reconstruction of gender-related pictures: Effects of attitudes, task difficulty, and age. Child Development 55 (1984) 393-405
68. Smith D.A., and Graesser A.C. Memory for actions in scripted activities as a function of typicality, retention interval, and retrieval task. Memory & Cognition 9 (1981) 550-559
69. Stein N.L., and Policastro M. The concept of a story: A comparison between Children's and teacher's perspectives. In: Mandl H., Stein N.L., and Trabasso T. (Eds). Learning and comprehension of text (1984), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ 113-155
70. Stein N.L., and Trabasso T. Children's understanding of stories: A basis for moral judgment and dilemma resolution. In: Brainerd C.J., and Pressley M. (Eds). Verbal processes in children 2 (1982), Springer-Verlag, New York 213-267
71. Suh S., and Trabasso T. Inferences during reading: Converging evidence from discourse analysis, talk-aloud protocols, and recognition priming. Journal of Memory and Language 32 (1993) 279-300
72. Taylor S.E., and Crocker J. Schematic bases of social information processing. In: Higgins E.T., Herman C.P., and Zanna M.P. (Eds). Social cognition: The Ontario symposium on personality and social psychology (1981), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ 89-134
73. Trabasso T., and Sperry L.L. Causal relatedness and importance of story events. Journal of Memory and Language 24 (1985) 595-611
74. Trabasso T., and van den Broek P. Causal thinking and the representation of narrative events. Journal of Memory and Language 24 (1985) 612-630
75. Wallace W.P. Review of the historical, empirical, and theoretical status of the von Restorff phenomenon. Psychological Bulletin 63 (1965) 410-424
76. Wollen K.A., and Cox S. Sentence cuing and the effectiveness of bizarre imagery. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning & Memory 7 (1981) 386-392