Records of everyday autobiographical events were gathered from a small group of adults during a 4-month period. This was followed by five memory tests extending over 2% years. Recognition memory, temporal ordering, and dating accuracy declined as the events tested became more remote. Recognition accuracy on original items was high over the entire study; whereas the false recognition of nonevent, foil items increased after a I-to 3-month delay. Confidence ratings of recognition accuracy remained consistently high over all tests, even though recognition accuracy deteriorated. Additional analyses of foil items indicated that false recognitions of nonevents as one's own memories were related positively to the semantic similarity between foils and the original records from which they were constructed. Taken together, the data support the hypothesis that the same autobiographical schemata account for the correct recognition of actual events, the false recognition of certain nonevents as one's own memories, the correct rejection of other nonevents, and an overconfidence in the "facts" of one's life. Cj 19X6 Academic Pre\,. Inc.

Our findings suggest that it is possible to introduce peer assessment for formative purposes in an undergraduate medical school programme that provides multiple opportunities to interact with and observe peers.

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The cognitive development of children with either early or late onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) was investigated with tasks measuring intellectual ability, memory, and academic progress. In addition, children's perceptions of their competence and parents' perspectives on family functioning and their children's behavior were compared. It was found that children with IDDM scored within the normal range on standardized measures of intelligence and academic performance but evidenced some school difficulties, as reflected in subscale performance as well as in their need of remedial education services. Further, evidence was found to suggest deficiencies in children's use of strategies to organize and recall information, particularly for those with early onset of disease. Children's perceived self-competencies and parents' reports of family functioning were strikingly similar across groups. However, parents of those children whose illness began prior to age 5 reported their children to have poor attention spans and difficulty completing tasks.