Chi's (1978)study of Memory Abilities Across the Life Span That

question 18

Multiple Choice

Chi's (1978) study of memory abilities across the life span that employed 10-year-old skilled chess players and adult novice chess players is BEST summarized by which statement?

• A) Adults have better recall than children for all types of information.
• B) Experience with the stimulus used in a memory task is critical to performance.
• C) Children perform as well as adults on spatial tasks,but adults are superior on verbal measures.
• D) The brain regions activated by a semantic memory task are different for children and adults.

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