Which is the proper conclusion to draw from the study by Chi (1978)regarding children's memory performance?
A) Children's memory is largely undeveloped until the age of 5.
B) The poorer memory performance shown by children is due to a lack of experience.
C) The hippocampus of children under 10 is not developed sufficiently to perform complex memory tasks.
D) Females show a more rapid pattern of memory development than do males during childhood.

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Chi's study found that children's poorer memory performance was due to a lack of experience and strategies for encoding and retrieval, rather than a lack of capacity. Therefore, choice B is the most appropriate conclusion to draw from the study. The other choices are not supported by Chi's findings.

Which Is the Proper Conclusion to Draw from the Study