Keisha's Verbal Abilities Were Better Than Jeannine's When They Were

question 97

Multiple Choice

Keisha's verbal abilities were better than Jeannine's when they were both a year old,and they both participated in an action-imitation experiment during that time.Keisha's memories for the action sequence were better than Jeannine's,but Jeannine did show some evidence of remembering.This suggests that

• A) Keisha's use of memory strategies surpasses Jeannine's.
• B) memories are completely dependent on verbal ability.
• C) memories may be coded in a radically differently form before verbal abilities are developed.
• D) Jeannine has not yet made the necessary connections between language and memory.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Dissonance

A state of psychological discomfort caused by holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, while giving disproportionately less consideration to alternative possibilities.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize personal traits and minimize situational factors as causes of other people's behavior.

Internal Attributions

The process of assigning the cause of behavior to internal characteristics, traits, or abilities of the individual.