Children's natural conversations following exposure to a rumor: Linkages to later false reports

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-400

  Principe, Gabrielle F ^a   Cherson, Mollie ^a   DiPuppo, Julie ^a   Schindewolf, Erica ^a  

^a URSINUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Eyewitness testimony; Memory; Rumor; Source monitoring; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUGGESTION; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PEER GROUP; PENNSYLVANIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUGGESTION;

EID: 84866145391     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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