?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Effects+of+Repeated+Questioning+on+Young+Children's+Eyewitness+Testimony&rft.creator=Memon%2C+Amina&rft.creator=Vartoukian%2C+Rita&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=The+aim+of+the+present+study+was+to+explore+the+conditions+under+which+repeated+questions+would+influence+memory+performance.+Children+of+five+and+seven+years+of+age+witnessed+a+staged-event+and+were+then+individually+interviewed+with+a+free+recall+test+and+closed+and+open-form+questions%2C+some+of+which+were+repeated+in+the+interview.+Some+children+were+warned+that+questions+may+be+repeated.+The+older+children+were+more+accurate+on+both+open+and+closed+question+forms+than+the+younger+children.+In+both+groups+recall+improved+upon+second+questioning+with+open+questions+whereas+accuracy+of+responses+deteriorated+somewhat+upon+repetition+of+closed+questions.+On+the+basis+of+this+data+it+is+concluded+that+if+closed+questions+are+repeated+in+a+witness+interview+it+may+lead+the+witness+to+incorrectly+assume+that+their+first+response+was+incorrect%3B+however+the+findings+support+the+use+of+repeated+questioning+as+a+probe+for+more+information+to+open-ended+questions.&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F648%2F1%2Famina.m%2526v.html&rft.identifier=++Memon%2C+Amina+and+Vartoukian%2C+Rita++(1996)+The+Effects+of+Repeated+Questioning+on+Young+Children's+Eyewitness+Testimony.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F648%2F