According to the fuzzy trace theory, young children perform worse on memory tasks compared to older children and adults because they
A) rely only on fuzzy traces.
B) do not have a large knowledge base.
C) do not have as many units in their memories.
D) have a hard time encoding information into their long-term memories.
B) do not have a large knowledge base. To extract the main ideas from an encounter, a child must have some way of identifying what the central aspects are. But until the child has at least a basic script for commonly encountered events, he or she has no solid basis for knowing what is relevant and important and what is not.
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Which of the following is true of TMS?
A. It is a noninvasive technique. B. It involves injecting a chemical into the brain. C. It can only be used for research purposes. D. It cannot be used in humans.
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the same distance as a little bit farther than twice as far as four times as far as