Deficits in Short-Term Memory May Contribute to Language Problems in All

question 32

Multiple Choice

Deficits in short-term memory may contribute to language problems in all of the following ways EXCEPT ______.

• A) Children who can't remember what was said may not be able to attend to all of the morphological features of a sentence.
• B) Children with phonological short-term memory deficits may have underdeveloped vocabularies because they can't process as many items in a list as those with typically functioning phonological short-term memories.
• C) Children with phonological short-term memory deficits always have poor phonological awareness.
• D) Children with phonological short-term memory deficits have difficulty determining which sentences are equivalent in meaning because it is challenging for them to maintain both sentences in mind at the same time.

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