The effects of accuracy motivation on children's and adults' event recall, suggestibility, and their answers to unanswerable questions

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 415-443

  Roebers, Claudia M ^a   Fernandez, Olivia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0042047360     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327647JCD3,4-03     Document Type: Review

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