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Peer reviewedAzmitia, Margarita; And Others – Child Development, 1987
To examine selective memorization in a scene context in which the expectancy of items was manipulated, preschool children, young adults, and older adults viewed a series of familiar scenes and were asked to remember one item from each. Results for children contrasted with the typical result of selective memorization research. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Expectation, Incidental Learning
