Children's eyewitness reports after exposure to misinformation from parents

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-50

  Poole, Debra Ann ^a   Lindsay, D Stephen ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SUGGESTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; REPRESSION; SUGGESTION;

EID: 85047681301     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.7.1.27     Document Type: Article

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