Suppose that you are reading a story to a group of 6-year-old children; the story concerns a young child who is dancing around the room. You say to the children, Try to think about how it would feel if you were dancing around this classroom.
a. some of the children would later report that they had in fact danced around the classroom.
b. because children do not develop visual imagery until they are about 7 or 8, they would typically report, You told us to think about dancingbut I didn't really dance.
c. many children would report that they had actually heard dance music.
d. the children would have no recall of the instructions, because they have so much difficulty understanding instructions.
Question 2What can we conclude about children's memory?
a. Children's memory spans are remarkably similar to adults' memory spans.
b. In general, children have excellent recognition memory.
c. Children's recall memory does not improve substantially as they mature.
d. Young
Question 3According to the research on children's working memory,
a. children's memory span remains fairly constant between the ages of about 2 and 10.
b. children do not seem to have a functioning visuospatial sketchpad until they are about 10 years of age.
c. scores on tests of phonological working memory are correlated with reading skills.
d. scores on tests of visuospatial working memory do not seem to be correlated with any academic skills.
Question 4Studies of children's memory show that rehearsal
a. is a highly effective memory strategy.
b. is more likely in older children than in younger children.
c. often occurs spontaneously in children as young as 2.
d. is only helpful on long-term-memory tasks.
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