Martin and Halverson evaluated the recall accuracy of five- and six-year-olds regarding an actor's gender. The findings revealed
a. a distortion effect: children made more errors when the actor engaged in cross-sexed activities.
b. an organization effect: the memories were mixed across trials.
c. schema theory: children accommodated new information.
d. that gender does not influence the processing of information.
A
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