In a Famous Study,Chi (1978)found That 10-Year-Old Children Who Knew

question 65

Multiple Choice

In a famous study,Chi (1978) found that 10-year-old children who knew a lot about chess remembered chessboard positions better than adults who did not play much chess.Evidently,these 10-year-old chess experts could do this because they:

• A)had more prior knowledge about chess than the adults.
• B)had better long-term memory processes than the adults.
• C)were highly motivated to show that they could beat the adults.
• D)had a longer duration of short-term memory than the adults.

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