Martin and Halverson

• What was the aim of the study?

  To examine children's memory recall of events that were not gender-consistent.
• Who were the participants in the study?

  48 children (24 males and 24 females), aged 5-6 years.
• What test was given to participants before the experiment?

  The SERLI test to assess their level of gender-stereotyping.
• What did the experiment involve?

  Children were shown 16 pictures (gender consistent and inconsistent). A week later they were asked to recall where they had seen the pictures. There were presented 16 old pictures nad 8 new pictures. They were also asked their confidence levels in their answers.
• What were the key results of the study?

  Female consistent memories were better recalled, male inconsistent memories were better recalled (suggested that male stereotypes may be less regid than female stereotypes). Stereotypes influenced memory encoding and retrieval, causing memory distortion.
• What are the strengths of the study?

  Highly standardised and replicable, controlled response bias by adding 8 new pictures improved internal validity, avoided forced responses by including an "I don't know" option.
• What are the limitations of the study?

  Artificial and highly controlled environment (limited ecological validity), small sample size (limited generelisability).