According to the memory efficiency view, memory improves in young children because:
A)the children are learning to apply knowledge of how memory works.
B)the processes of memory themselves improve as a child grow.
C)episodic memory comes online in the fourth year of life.
D)theory of mind drives the improvements in memory.

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The memory efficiency view posits that memory processes themselves improve as a child grows. Therefore, choice B is the correct answer. The other choices are not consistent with this view: A suggests that children rely on knowledge of memory to improve it, C focuses on the development of a specific type of memory, and D suggests that cognitive abilities related to social understanding improve memory.

According to the Memory Efficiency View, Memory Improves in Young