What are two explanations for the inability to remember anything before age 2?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Awareness of the self is not stable before this age, therefore information cannot be effectively organized in a self-schema.
- Memories are encoded in a narrative form; without words to describe events, the memories cannot be stored. Language development accelerates after age 2.
- The hippocampus is not fully myelinated until age 5.

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A) less intense B) less frequent C) more intense D) more frequent

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A. Cognitive B. Social-Emotional C. Language D. Adaptive Behavior

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A. malignant narcissism. B. malignant aggression. C. necrophilia. D. incestuous symbiosis.

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