Giving Comment for following information It seems that children have very impres

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Giving Comment for following information It seems that children have very impressionable memories. The undeveloped frontal lobes of the brain make children prone to recalling events that actually never happened to them. Children have proved to be very susceptible to leading or suggestion from adults. They can however recall evens accurately given their memories aren't tampered with. Research suggests that leading questioning from an adults preconceived notions could imprint a child's memories Exploring Psychology suggests that questioning children in a neutral way, using words they alreadyunderstand could produce the most accurate recall An article on the Maastricht University website by master student Ingeborg Close titled "the Reliability of a Child as an Eyewitness in Cour?" goes into further detail. Although susceptible to the power of suggestion, older children were able to provide more accurate details when asked to recall an event. All age groups respondedmore accurately when given open ended questions Time seems to be an important factor when questioning children according to Close. While adults can maintain accurate recall months after an event, the reliability of a child's recall is dramatically more accurate within an hour after the event as opposed to months later

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Another factor that can create distortion with respect to a child's ability to recall accurate is a history of abuse. Goodman et al. (2001) reported that children who had suffered more severe sexual abuse made more omission errors specific to abuse-relevant questions. In fact, the more invasive the abuse, the greater was the tendency to commit more omission errors, i.e., failing to report an abusive action that did occur. However, the effects of age were also noted. Children who were older at the onset of abuse provided more correct information during free recall than those who experienced abuse at a younger age.

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Goodman, G. S., Bottoms, B. L, Rudy, L., Davis, S. L., & Schwartz-Kenney, B. M. (2001). Effects of past abuse experiences on children’s eyewitness memory. Law and Human Behavior, 25 (3), 269–98.

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