Age differences in the effects of social influence on children's eyewitness performance and their metacognitive monitoring

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-248

  Schwarz, Stefanie ^a   Roebers, Claudia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Confidence judgments; Conformity; Eyewitness memory; Memory; Social influence; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUGGESTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSERTIVENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SUGGESTION;

EID: 33646780943     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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