This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The proposed pilot research would examine the potential moderating role of verbal/cognitive abilities on children?s recall as a function of interview type by allowing (1) for the assessment of vocabulary in multiple ways (expressive as well as receptive through the use of the EVT) and (2) the incorporation of a greater variety of memory as well as executive control measures through the use of WISC and WPPSI subscales. Thus, the specific goals of the proposed pilot project are: (1) to determine which standardized measures of vocabulary are best predictors of recall for the two age groups in question (preschoolers v. first and second graders). Although the PPVT is the most frequently used in the literature, it does not assess all aspects of vocabulary and, thus it may be important to use other measures in addition to the PPVT or instead of it to adequately predict recall across interview types; (2) to assess which memory assessments are best predictors of recall for the two age groups in question; and (3) to see if children at below average developmental levels of vocabulary, memory and executive control will be helped to a lesser extent with the Cognitive Interview when compared to a control interview.
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