Ceci S J, Loftus E F, Leichtman M D, Bruck M
Department of Human Development and Famiky Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.
Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 1994 Oct;42(4):304-20. doi: 10.1080/00207149408409361.
In this article the authors examine one possible factor in the creation of false beliefs among preschool-aged children, namely, source misattributions. The authors present the results from an ongoing program of research which suggest that source misattributions could be a mechanism underlying children's false beliefs about having experienced fictitious events. Findings from this program of research indicate that, although all children are susceptible to making source misattributions, very young children may be disproportionately vulnerable to these kinds of errors. This vulnerability leads younger preschoolers, on occasion, to claim that they remember actually experiencing events that they only thought about or were suggested by others. These results are discussed in the context of the ongoing debate over the veracity and durability of delayed reports of early memories, repressed memories, dissociative states, and the validity risks posed by therapeutic techniques that entail repeated visually guided imagery inductions.
在本文中，作者探讨了学前儿童产生错误信念的一个可能因素，即来源错误归因。作者展示了一项正在进行的研究项目的结果，这些结果表明来源错误归因可能是儿童对经历虚构事件产生错误信念的一种潜在机制。该研究项目的结果表明，虽然所有儿童都容易出现来源错误归因，但非常年幼的儿童可能格外容易受到这类错误的影响。这种易感性导致较小的学龄前儿童有时会声称他们记得实际经历过一些他们只是想过或别人暗示过的事件。在关于早期记忆、被压抑的记忆、分离状态的延迟报告的真实性和持久性，以及涉及反复视觉引导意象诱导的治疗技术所带来的有效性风险的持续辩论背景下，对这些结果进行了讨论。
