According to the discussion of metamemory, children who are between the ages of about 5 and 10 typically

a. believe that they need to make an effort if they genuinely want to remember something.
b. underestimate how well they will perform on a memory test.
c. were only slightly more confident about the items they had answered correctly, compared to their confidence about the items they had answered incorrectly.
d. use appropriate memory strategies if they realize that they don't know the material.


Ans: c

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