Memory- EWT age studies
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- EWT- Age
- Parker: compared primary school children and college age students.
- When asked to identify an individual children had highest rate of choosing and highest rate of errors.
- Yarmy: 651 adults. Women spoke to them, 2 minutes later asked to describe her
- 18-29 and 30-55 years more confident than 45-66 but no significant difference in accuracy.
- Memon: Accuracy of 2 groups: 16-33 and 60-82
- Short delay (35 mins) no difference. After 1 week the older were less accurate
- Anastasi and Rhodes
- All age groups better at identifying their own age group: The more contact we have with an age group the better our memory is.
- Flin: Questioned children and adults.
- No significant difference in accuracy after 1 day but significant forgetting in children after 5 months.
- Gordon
- Children particularly susceptible to suggestion.
- Davis
- Children can provide valuable testimony provided care is taken in the interview process
- Parker: compared primary school children and college age students.
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