On a Short-Term Memory Task, Trent Recalls Eight Digits, Whereas

question 124

Multiple Choice

On a short-term memory task, Trent recalls eight digits, whereas his 6-year-old younger brother, Hunter, remembered only four. According to recent research, if the speed of repetition were controlled, Hunter would

• A) remember more digits than Trent.
• B) still remember fewer digits than Trent.
• C) remember the same number of digits as Trent.
• D) remember fewer digits than other adults.

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Definitions:

Valid

The quality of being logically or factually sound; applicable more commonly in contexts of arguments or test results.

Standardized

Refers to the process of making something conform to a standard, often used in the context of tests and measures that have uniform procedures and scoring.

Mental Age

A measure of an individual's cognitive ability compared to the average cognitive ability for their actual age.

Binet And Simon

Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon, French psychologists who developed the first practical IQ test, the Binet-Simon test, to assess intellectual development in children.