Question

After a field trip to the museum, leslie asks her son, "what was the first thing we did? why weren't the trains moving? i thought that the pink airplane was really big. what did you think?" leslie is using a(n) ________ style to elicit her son's autobiographical memory.

Answer 1

Leslie is using an "elaborative" style to elicit her son's autobiographical memory.

According to the research the elaborative style which contains a lot of question styles, like what?, if?, Why? When, etc. into the conversation with a child, help the child remember the past events in more detail than simple question sentences. The more elaborative a parent can be about an event the more the child will have the details memorized.