Van Abbema and Bauer (2005) were able to get children to visit the lab at age 3 and then again around the age of 8 (varied from 7 to 9). They found that:
a. the children remembered more words from a list when they were younger than when they were older.
b. no older children could remember events that had taken place during the first visit.
c. some children could accurately remember events that had taken place during the first visit.
d. the older children did not show a metamemory advantage relative their earlier performance.
Ans: c
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