Cross-Cultural Research on Memory Reveals That

question 79

Multiple Choice

Cross-cultural research on memory reveals that

• A) children in non-Western cultures who have no formal schooling benefit greatly from instruction in memory strategies.
• B) children who have no formal schooling do as well on list memory tasks as formally educated children.
• C) the development of memory strategies is partly a product of task demands and cultural circumstances.
• D) American children easily refrain from rehearsing object names when it is more effective to keep track of spatial relations.

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