Retrieval strategies for children's recall of an instance of a repeated event

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Most life experiences are not truly unique: People tend to experience the same types of events repeatedly, with minor variations (e.g., going to work, visiting the doctor). When children experience several similar versions of an event, the task of accurately remembering which particular occurrence involved which details (e.g., what colour of tie was worn on Tuesday versus Friday) is cognitively challenging. From decades of research on children's memory for repeated events, we know that reports of repeated experiences differ from reports of unique experiences. We also know that with sufficiently supportive retrieval cues, accessing details from particular occurrences is possible. However, little research has been conducted that has addressed the precise nature of these "sufficiently supportive cues". In this work, I will explore various techniques that will assist in retrieval of memory for occurrences of repeated events.