Maternal Style and Children's Participation in Reminiscing: Stepping Stones in Children's Autobiographical Memory Development
Titel:
Maternal Style and Children's Participation in Reminiscing: Stepping Stones in Children's Autobiographical Memory Development
Auteur:
Farrant, Kate Reese, Elaine
Verschenen in:
Journal of cognition and development
Paginering:
Jaargang 1 (2000) nr. 2 pagina's 193-225
Jaar:
2000-05-01
Inhoud:
In this study we investigated maternal and child factors in children's autobiographical memory development. Fifty-eight mother-child dyads discussed unique past events when the children were 19, 25, 32, and 40 months old. In addition, children participated in experimenter-child interviews about unique events when they were 25, 32, and 40 months old. The developmental progression to children's independent verbal memory begins with children's early interest in participating in the conversations and maternal reminiscing style, which together elicit children's later shared memory elaborations. Subsequently, children's shared memory elaborations and maternal reminiscing style both contribute to children's later independent memory at approximately 3 1/2 years of age. We address the idea that autobiographical memory development is essentially a collaborative process, with children significantly contributing to the development of their own reminiscing style from its inception.