Fazio and Marsh (2006) looked at memory for false facts embedded in stories given to children varying from age 5 to age 7.They found that:
A)older children were more likely to make mistakes on a general-information test based on the errors they heard in the story.
B)younger children were more likely to make mistakes because of suggestibility effects.
C)there were fewer errors for the older children when they attended to meaning.
D)the younger children had faster reaction times to verify facts than did the older children.

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Older children were more likely to make mistakes on a general-information test based on the errors they heard in the story, as they are more likely to integrate the false information into their existing knowledge base.

Fazio and Marsh (2006) Looked at Memory for False Facts