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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Definitions:

Sensory Modalities

Different forms of sensory perceptions, such as sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell, through which humans and animals perceive the world.

Smell

A sense that detects odors or scents, which is mediated by specialized sensory cells in the nasal cavity.

Touch

One of the five senses, involving the perception of physical pressure, temperature, and pain through skin contact.

Taste

One of the five senses; it is the sensation produced when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically with taste receptor cells located on taste buds.