Abstract
We tested whether changes in attribution processes could account for the developmental differences observed in how children's use fluency to guide their memory decisions. Children ranging in age from 4 to 9years studied a list of familiar or unfamiliar cartoon characters. In Experiment 1 (n=84), participants completed a recognition test during which the perceptual fluency of some items was enhanced using a prime. In Experiment 2 (n=96), participants completed a source recollection judgment on their recognition decisions. Primed items were recognized at a higher rate than unprimed items. However, while young children rely on fluency for all items, older children use fluency only for unfamiliar items. This pattern came together with a reduction in familiarity-based-but not recollection-based-memory responses.
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