{"title":"The Impact of Social Exclusion on Prospective Memory in Children With Hearing Impairments","authors":"Xing Jin, Jianghua Lei","doi":"10.1002/acp.70183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70183","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Two studies were conducted to investigate the impact of social exclusion on the prospective memory of children with hearing impairments. Study 1, based on questionnaire results, revealed that hearing-impaired children in the exclusion group exhibited lower prospective memory performance than those in the nonexclusion group. Study 2, derived from experimental findings, showed that: (1) hearing-impaired children in the exclusion group scored lower on time-based prospective memory tasks compared to the nonexclusion group, with no significant difference observed in event-based prospective memory performance. (2) The performance of hearing-impaired children in the exclusion group on ongoing tasks was consistently lower than that of the nonexclusion group. The findings suggest that (1) social exclusion has a limited impact on event-based prospective memory, albeit at the cost of reduced accuracy in ongoing tasks. (2) Social exclusion has a pronounced effect on time-based prospective memory, and this cannot be compensated for by sacrificing the accuracy of ongoing tasks. These results imply that special educators should be vigilant and consider the possibility of social exclusion when hearing-impaired children frequently exhibit failures in time-based prospective memory.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48281,"journal":{"name":"Applied Cognitive Psychology","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147566442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xinrui Zhao, Xiaomei Zhao, YaBo Wang, Rong Han, MengYue Yang, Da Yang
{"title":"When Emotions Inflect Memories: The Effect of Emotional Valence on Self-Derivation Through Memory Integration for Adolescents","authors":"Xinrui Zhao, Xiaomei Zhao, YaBo Wang, Rong Han, MengYue Yang, Da Yang","doi":"10.1002/acp.70190","DOIUrl":"10.1002/acp.70190","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Self-derivation through memory integration is the process of integrating two or more separate but related episodes into new knowledge. The present study examined how emotional valence influences adolescents' self-derivation in classroom settings across two experiments. In Experiment 1, adolescents (<i>N</i> = 159, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 13.48) viewed emotional video clips aiming to induce different emotional valences (positive, negative, and neutral), followed by a self-derivation through integration task. In Experiment 2, adolescents (<i>N</i> = 454, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 13.49) viewed the emotional video clip at various phases of memory integration (before-learning, between-stem, before-test). A delayed test one week later assessed the retention of self-derived knowledge. Across both experiments, positive emotion most effectively enhanced self-derivation through integration. Specifically, Experiment 2 revealed that inducing positive emotion prior to learning enhanced self-derivation. The overall retention of self-derivation significantly improved after one week. These findings underscore the importance of fostering positive emotional valences before learning to promote adolescents' effective knowledge integration and self-derivation.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48281,"journal":{"name":"Applied Cognitive Psychology","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147566443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura Visu-Petra, Ailsa E. Millen, Anthony J. Lee, Monica Buta, Narcisa Prodan
{"title":"I Know Something I Won't Tell. A Longitudinal Investigation of Children's Ability to Withhold Information in an Adapted RT-CIT Paradigm","authors":"Laura Visu-Petra, Ailsa E. Millen, Anthony J. Lee, Monica Buta, Narcisa Prodan","doi":"10.1002/acp.70191","DOIUrl":"10.1002/acp.70191","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We extend preliminary research on the Reaction Time-based Concealed Information Test (RT-CIT) by testing the longitudinal reliability of two novel versions of the RT-CIT in school-age children. We assessed 8-to-12-year-olds (<i>N</i> = 194) at two time points (1 year apart) asking knowledgeable participants (children exposed to relevant information) to conceal critical information for personal or prosocial reasons. Their reaction times and accuracy in denying recognition of the critical information were compared to unknowledgeable counterparts. We assessed interrelations between children's RT-CIT performance and baseline cognitive (processing speed, short-term memory), executive (verbal and visuospatial working memory, inhibition, and shifting), and emotional processes (symptoms of anxiety, depression). Results supported a reliable RT-CIT effect at both assessment points, confirming the RT-CIT as a relatively viable tool for detecting concealed information throughout middle childhood. The RT-CIT effect was not significantly associated with cognitive or emotional individual differences, suggesting it was not susceptible to such influences.</p>","PeriodicalId":48281,"journal":{"name":"Applied Cognitive Psychology","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/acp.70191","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147566444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Social Exclusion on Prospective Memory in Children With Hearing Impairments","authors":"Xing Jin, Jianghua Lei","doi":"10.1002/acp.70183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70183","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Two studies were conducted to investigate the impact of social exclusion on the prospective memory of children with hearing impairments. Study 1, based on questionnaire results, revealed that hearing-impaired children in the exclusion group exhibited lower prospective memory performance than those in the nonexclusion group. Study 2, derived from experimental findings, showed that: (1) hearing-impaired children in the exclusion group scored lower on time-based prospective memory tasks compared to the nonexclusion group, with no significant difference observed in event-based prospective memory performance. (2) The performance of hearing-impaired children in the exclusion group on ongoing tasks was consistently lower than that of the nonexclusion group. The findings suggest that (1) social exclusion has a limited impact on event-based prospective memory, albeit at the cost of reduced accuracy in ongoing tasks. (2) Social exclusion has a pronounced effect on time-based prospective memory, and this cannot be compensated for by sacrificing the accuracy of ongoing tasks. These results imply that special educators should be vigilant and consider the possibility of social exclusion when hearing-impaired children frequently exhibit failures in time-based prospective memory.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48281,"journal":{"name":"Applied Cognitive Psychology","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147566166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “The Effect of Plausibility and Suggested Event Frequency on the Implantation of False Beliefs and Memories”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/acp.70189","DOIUrl":"10.1002/acp.70189","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 <span>Moldoveanu, M. G.</span>, <span>A. Shahvaroughi</span>, <span>I. Manguilli</span>, <span>J. Hatami</span>, and <span>H. Otgaar</span>. <span>2026</span>. “ <span>The Effect of Plausibility and Suggested Event Frequency on the Implantation of False Beliefs and Memories</span>.” <i>Applied Cognitive Psychology</i> <span>40</span>, no. <span>1</span>: e70172. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70172.\u0000 </p><p>The name of the third author in the author list, “Ivan Manguilli”, was misspelled. This should have read “Ivan Mangiulli”.</p><p>This has been corrected in the published article.</p><p>We apologize for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":48281,"journal":{"name":"Applied Cognitive Psychology","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/acp.70189","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147564900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Niklas Obergassel, Alexander Renkl, Tino Endres, Matthias Nückles, Shana K. Carpenter, Julian Roelle
{"title":"Generative and Retrieval Tasks: Does the Sequence Matter and Do Sequence Effects Depend on Learning Task Delay?","authors":"Niklas Obergassel, Alexander Renkl, Tino Endres, Matthias Nückles, Shana K. Carpenter, Julian Roelle","doi":"10.1002/acp.70188","DOIUrl":"10.1002/acp.70188","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Engaging in both generative tasks (main function: knowledge construction) and retrieval tasks (main function: knowledge consolidation) is a common means for supporting knowledge acquisition. In the present study, we investigated the role of task sequence (i.e., generative-before-retrieval vs. retrieval-before-generative) and its potential dependence on learning task delay (i.e., delay between initial study phase and follow-up generative or retrieval tasks). Specifically, in an experiment with <i>N</i> = 231 university students we compared the two sequences (an additional restudy-before-retrieval sequence was implemented as a potential alternative to a retrieval-before-generative sequence) regarding task performance and learning outcomes while varying learning task delay (i.e., no vs. 2-day delay). Aside from differences in retrieval task performance under a 2-day delay, no significant differences between the two sequences emerged. The restudy-before-retrieval sequence constituted no viable alternative. We conclude that, regardless of learning task delay, the sequence of generative and retrieval tasks scarcely matters for learning outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":48281,"journal":{"name":"Applied Cognitive Psychology","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/acp.70188","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147564836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Breanne E. Wylie, Stacia N. Stolzenberg, Thomas D. Lyon
{"title":"The Potential Ambiguity of Negative Questions in Children's Testimony","authors":"Breanne E. Wylie, Stacia N. Stolzenberg, Thomas D. Lyon","doi":"10.1002/acp.70182","DOIUrl":"10.1002/acp.70182","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study assessed the potential ambiguity of child witnesses' responses to different types of negative questions. We coded the testimony of 134 5- to 17-year-olds for five types of questions that included negative terms (<i>N</i> = 3542), including negative declarative questions (e.g., “You weren't scared?”), three subtypes of tag questions (e.g., “You weren't scared, right?”), and high negatives (e.g., “Weren't you scared?”). With the exception of high negatives, most responses were unelaborated yeses and noes, which rendered children's responses potentially ambiguous. Examination of children's elaborations demonstrated interchangeability for three of the question types, such that their unelaborated <i>yes</i> and <i>no</i> responses could convey either a positive (“Yes, I was scared”/“No, I was scared”) or negative response (“Yes, I wasn't scared”/“No, I wasn't scared”). Attorneys sought to disambiguate less than 1% of potentially ambiguous responses.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48281,"journal":{"name":"Applied Cognitive Psychology","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147563088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelly Grannon, Johanna Ohler, Klara Berndt, Alexa Schincariol, Nurul Arbiyah, Henry Otgaar
{"title":"A Cross-Cultural Examination of False Beliefs and False Memories in Single Versus Repeated Events","authors":"Kelly Grannon, Johanna Ohler, Klara Berndt, Alexa Schincariol, Nurul Arbiyah, Henry Otgaar","doi":"10.1002/acp.70186","DOIUrl":"10.1002/acp.70186","url":null,"abstract":"<p>False memory research has evolved due to legal case implications, particularly, wrongful convictions based on distorted memories. Yet few studies have examined false memories of repeated events, especially outside Western samples. We investigated false memory formation in Western and Eastern (Indonesian) cultures using blind implantation, which misleads participants into believing they confirmed experiencing a fabricated event. Participants (<i>N</i> = 184) reviewed 20 childhood events, including a fabricated one (altercation with torn clothing), indicating if they experienced each once or repeatedly. One week later, they were falsely reminded they had confirmed the event, followed by an imagination task and belief/recollection ratings. False beliefs declined (28.8%–24.5%; <i>n</i> = 53–45), while false memories increased after the imagination task (4.9%–6.5%; <i>n</i> = 9–12). Event frequency had no effect. Westerners were more prone to false beliefs, Indonesians to false memories, highlighting possible cultural influences on memory distortion.</p>","PeriodicalId":48281,"journal":{"name":"Applied Cognitive Psychology","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/acp.70186","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147569654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the Effectiveness of Social Truth Queries to Address Online Misinformation in a Polarized Context","authors":"Amabel Y. Jeon, Madeline Jalbert","doi":"10.1002/acp.70185","DOIUrl":"10.1002/acp.70185","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Social truth queries (STQs)—user replies that draw attention to the truth—have shown promise for reducing misinformation belief, but their effectiveness in polarized contexts remains unexplored. To address this gap, we conducted three experiments using fans of established sports team rivalries to manipulate group identity. Participants judged the truth of social media posts containing misinformation that appeared with or without STQ replies. We investigated whether STQs were effective when posted by in-group or out-group members (Experiment 1), in addressing in-group- or out-group-favorable misinformation (Experiment 2), and across combinations of poster identity and misinformation favorability (Experiment 3). We found that STQs were similarly effective in reducing misinformation belief across STQ source and misinformation favorability, although follow-up analysis revealed more robust effects in addressing out-group (vs. in-group) favorable misinformation. Taken together, our findings suggest that social truth queries are a promising intervention for addressing misinformation in polarized contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":48281,"journal":{"name":"Applied Cognitive Psychology","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/acp.70185","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147568741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Larissa Rothfeld, Ute J. Bayen, Marie Luisa Schaper
{"title":"Depressive Symptoms and Cognitions of Foreseeability and Inevitability of Personal Events During the Covid-19 Pandemic","authors":"Larissa Rothfeld, Ute J. Bayen, Marie Luisa Schaper","doi":"10.1002/acp.70175","DOIUrl":"10.1002/acp.70175","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cognitions, such as foreseeability (“I didn't see it coming”) and inevitability (“It was bound to happen”) can regulate emotions regarding personal events. In previous research, hypothetical negative past events (i.e., with known outcomes) were rated as more foreseeable and more inevitable with higher levels of depressive symptoms. To investigate whether these findings extend to real-life autobiographical events and to imagined future personal events, we conducted an online survey during the initial wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. We assessed depressive symptoms and foreseeability and inevitability cognitions for pandemic-related events that participants had experienced (i.e., past events) and personal events that participants expected to experience (i.e., future events). For future events, depressive symptoms were associated with both affect-regulatory cognitions in alignment with theories of depression. For past events, there were no associations with depressive symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":48281,"journal":{"name":"Applied Cognitive Psychology","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/acp.70175","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147568096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}