When Recognition Memory Fails: The Use of an Elimination Strategy by Young Children.

Ackerman, Brian P.; Emmerich, Helen Jones

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Publication Date: 1978-May

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When Recognition Memory Fails: The Use of an Elimination Strategy by Young Children.

Ackerman, Brian P.; Emmerich, Helen Jones

Developmental Psychology, v14 n3 p286-93 May 1978

Children in two studies were shown a sequence of pictorial paired associates for study. They were subsequently tested for their recognition memory of these items plus an additional four new items that could be recognized if the child engaged in a reasoning-by-exclusion strategy. (JMB)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Logical Thinking, Memory, Paired Associate Learning, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Recognition (Psychology)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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