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Question 1

What is the Sample?

Answer 1

1. 3 males and 21 females
2. Age range: 18 to 53 years
3. Recruited by University of Washington students
4. A pair of individuals – a subject and the subject’s relative
5. Mostly parent-child pair or sibling pair
6. The relative member of the pair had to be the one who had knowledge about childhood experiences of the subject

Question 2

What was the Main material given?

Answer 2

1. Five-page booklet containing a cover letter with instructions for completing the booklet and schedule of interviews
2. The booklet contained four short stories about childhood events of the subject provided by the relative

Question 3

What was inside the book?

Answer 3

3. Actually three of the stories were true
4. One was false about child getting lost
5. The order of events was always same in all booklets
6. The false event was presented in the third position
7. Each event was presented in a single paragraph
8. Remaining page was left blank for the subject to reproduce his memory