Young Children Have a Short Memory Span Because

question 115

Multiple Choice

Young children have a short memory span because:

• A) the items they want to remember go immediately into working memory, slowing down their ability to recall the items.
• B) they take longer to scan the items they want to recall.
• C) the items they want to remember skip over their short-term memory into their long-term memory; therefore, it takes them longer to recall the items.
• D) it takes them longer to say a list of numbers, so memory for early items is likely to decay.

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