Anita Started to Talk at 9 Months and Was Speaking

question 35

Multiple Choice

Anita started to talk at 9 months and was speaking fluently by the time she was a year old; she crawled at 13 months and was walking at 15 months.Xenia started to talk at 14 months and was speaking fluently just after her second birthday; she crawled at 10 months and was walking by her first birthday.One theory of childhood amnesia might predict that _____ will have memories from an earlier age because of her _____.

• A) Anita; better linguistic capacity
• B) Anita; cognitive precocity
• C) Xenia; increased capacity to explore
• D) Xenia; higher level of motor skill

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