Infants, like all people, are exposed to massive amounts of information; therefore, they must focus their attention and select information so as not to be overwhelmed. This process is called selective __________

a) encoding
b) automatization
c) storage
d) retrieval


Answer: a

Psychology

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Infant day care is of high quality if caregivers emphasize, among other things

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