Honors Theses
Date of Award
Spring 5-10-2023
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Stephanie Miller
Second Advisor
Rebekah Smith
Third Advisor
John Young
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Given the significance of prospective memory (PM) throughout an individual’s lifespan, PM has gained great momentum as a topic of research. Surprisingly, less studies have examined PM in children than adults despite the fact that cognitive abilities are developing during this time. Performance in event-based PM tasks has been shown to be poor in preschoolers and particularly weak in 3-year-olds. Previous studies of event-based PM tasks have included manipulations such as cues and incentives to aid in performance. In this study, I examined another potential manipulation to aid in PM performance not previously examined in literature: training. To assess whether training would influence performance in an event-based PM task, 3-year-olds were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions (e.g., standard, rule repeat, or task match) varying in the amount of training they received. Results revealed that children in the condition with the highest amount of training (i.e., task match condition) benefitted significantly in PM performance compared to the standard condition with base level training, lending support to the theory that the addition of training aids in strengthening children’s representation and performance of the PM task.
Recommended Citation
Nosal, Emeri Rose, "Examining the Influence of Training on an Event-Based Prospective Memory Task in 3-Year-Olds" (2023). Honors Theses. 2983.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2983
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