Effects of discrete emotions on young children's suggestibility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9786437 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda J Levine (0000-0001-9013-3787, University of California, Irvine, corresponding author), Stewart L Burgess (St. George's School), Cara Laney (University of Leicester) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 681-694 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0012-1649.44.3.681 |
| PMID | 18473636 |
| OpenAlex | W2028585156 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
Two experiments investigated the effects of sadness, anger, and happiness on 4- to 6-year-old children's memory and suggestibility concerning story events. In Experiment 1, children were presented with 3 interactive stories on a video monitor. The stories included protagonists who wanted to give the child a prize. After each story, the child completed a task to try to win the prize. The outcome of the child's effort was manipulated in order to elicit sadness, anger, or happiness. Children's emotions did not affect story recall, but children were more vulnerable to misleading questions about the stories when sad than when angry or happy. In Experiment 2, a story was presented and emotions were elicited using an autobiographical recall task. Children responded to misleading questions and then recalled the story for a different interviewer. Again, children's emotions did not affect the amount of story information recalled correctly, but sad children incorporated more information from misleading questions during recall than did angry or happy children. Sad children's greater suggestibility is discussed in terms of the differing problem-solving strategies associated with discrete emotions
Affect (linguistics · Anger · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Disgust · Happiness · Recall · Sadness · Suggestibility · Task (project management · Child and Animal Learning Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Towards a Cognitive Theory of Emotions
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Children’s Testimony About a Stressful Event
Suggestibility of the child witness
Developmental differences in the effects of repeated interviews and interviewer bias on young children's event memory and false reports
Children's memory for medical emergencies
Mood, misattribution, and judgments of well-being
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |