title: Opposite developmental trends for false recognition of basic and superordinate names.
abstract: This study investigated the development of false memories for basic and superordinate names using the DRM procedure. Two experiments were conducted with younger (3-5 years old) and older (10-12 years old) children. In the first experiment the DRM procedure was used with categorised lists and in the second experiment both types of lists--categorised and associative--were applied. False recognition for basic and superordinate names showed opposite developmental trends, regardless of list type. False recognition increased for critical-basic items and decreased for critical-superordinate items with age. These opposing results are mainly explained by age differences in conceptual knowledge and editing processes.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal. mpcarneiro@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carneiro
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Albuquerque
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernandez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002965:Classification; D003210:Concept Formation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D008960:Models, Psychological; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D012660:Semantics; D013404:Suggestion; D014825:Vocabulary; D014936:Word Association Tests