Anticipating disagreement enhances source memory in English- and Turkish-speaking preschool children.

IF 3.1 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-16 DOI:10.1037/dev0001996

Carolyn Baer, Antonia Frederike Langenhoff, Dilara Keşşafoğlu, Winuss Mohtezebsade, Celeste Kidd, Aylin C Küntay, Jan Engelmann, Bahar Köymen

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Abstract

Metacognitive abilities like source memory are useful for justifying our beliefs to others. Do they arise because of this need? Here, we test whether circumstances that require source reporting enhance source memory. We test this in circumstances in which children anticipate a disagreement and when children speak a language with obligatory linguistic evidential marking of source (Turkish). We asked 160 English- and Turkish-speaking 3- and 4-year-olds to recall how they knew something and what they knew when communicating with an agreeing or disagreeing interlocutor. Four-year-old English speakers and 3- and 4-year-old Turkish speakers correctly recalled firsthand sources (seeing the object themselves) better than secondhand sources (hearing about it from the experimenter) when they expected their interlocutor to disagree. Disagreement did not affect memory for perceptual features, suggesting its influence is specific to source memory. Together, these results highlight the importance of social and linguistic influences on metacognition, though with some important qualifications about the types of sources relevant for justifying one's beliefs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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预料到不一致可以增强英语和土耳其语学龄前儿童的来源记忆。

像源记忆这样的元认知能力对于向他人证明我们的信念是有用的。它们是因为这种需要而产生的吗？在这里，我们测试需要源报告的情况是否会增强源内存。我们在以下情况下测试了这一点：孩子们预期会有不同意见，当孩子们说的语言有强制性的语言证据标记来源（土耳其语）。我们让160名说英语和土耳其语的3岁和4岁的孩子回忆他们是如何知道某事的，以及当他们与同意或不同意的对话者交流时他们知道了什么。当说英语的4岁儿童和说土耳其语的3岁和4岁儿童预期对话者不同意时，他们正确地回忆起第一手资料（亲眼看到物品），而不是二手资料（从实验者那里听到物品）。歧见不影响知觉特征的记忆，表明歧见的影响是特定于源记忆的。总之，这些结果强调了社会和语言对元认知的影响的重要性，尽管对证明一个人的信念的相关来源类型有一些重要的限制。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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5.80

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2.50%

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329

期刊介绍： Developmental Psychology ® publishes articles that significantly advance knowledge and theory about development across the life span. The journal focuses on seminal empirical contributions. The journal occasionally publishes exceptionally strong scholarly reviews and theoretical or methodological articles. Studies of any aspect of psychological development are appropriate, as are studies of the biological, social, and cultural factors that affect development. The journal welcomes not only laboratory-based experimental studies but studies employing other rigorous methodologies, such as ethnographies, field research, and secondary analyses of large data sets. We especially seek submissions in new areas of inquiry and submissions that will address contradictory findings or controversies in the field as well as the generalizability of extant findings in new populations. Although most articles in this journal address human development, studies of other species are appropriate if they have important implications for human development. Submissions can consist of single manuscripts, proposed sections, or short reports.