When Liberian Children Who Had Never Been to School Were

question 83

Multiple Choice

When Liberian children who had never been to school were asked to recall items that were grouped in a meaningful way, they performed:

• A) better than children who had gone to school.
• B) poorly, because they had not developed their memory span.
• C) similarly to children who had gone to school.
• D) poorly, because they did not use organizational strategies.

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Definitions:

Glucose

A basic form of sugar that serves as a crucial source of energy for living beings and a fundamental element of numerous carbohydrates.

Cyclic Hemiacetal

A cyclic organic compound formed from the reaction of an alcohol with an aldehyde or ketone, characterized by a carbon atom bonded to an oxygen (in hydroxy group), another oxygen (in ether group), a hydrogen, and an alkyl or aryl group.

Erythro

A descriptor in stereochemistry, referring to molecules in which two substituents are on the same side in a Fischer projection.

Fischer Projection

A method for representing the three-dimensional configuration of molecules on a two-dimensional plane, used especially for carbohydrates.