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A Guide to the ALM Thesis Appendix 2: Sample Abstracts from Completed Theses Note: Included here are sample abstracts from theses in Areas B and C. An additional abstract from a thesis in Area C is found in Chapter 4. Appendix 2: Sample Abstracts from Completed Theses | 233 Abstract from a Behavioral Sciences Thesis: The Effect of Source Reinforcement on Preschoolers’ Ability to Resist Suggestible Information Abstract This study investigated the relationship between source monitoring and suggestibility in preschoolers. We proposed that by reinforcing the sources of original events, children would be better able to resist suggestible information. If strengthening the relationship between memory and source resulted in improved memory for original information, this would further support the claim that source-monitoring difficulties contribute to the suggestibility effect in preschoolers. An ongoing story was presented to three- and five-year-old children via three source modalities— watching a video, listening to a story, and playing with toys. Following the presentations, children received either reinforcement of the presentations and the associated sources, reinforcement of the presentations without the sources, or no reinforcement. After listening to misleading post- event information, children were then tested for their memory of original events and their sources. As predicted, three-year-olds performed no better than chance regardless of whether they had received source of general memory reinforcement or not, suggesting that source-monitoring