Question 1

Some evidence suggests that tip-of-the-tongue states do not occur in children younger than three.

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There is limited research on tip-of-the-tongue states in children under three. However, some studies suggest that these states may occur in infants as young as six months old.

Question 2

Explain the theory of the mind.

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Question 3

Children between the ages of 3 and 6 do not use ______ encoding spontaneously.

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Question 4

Younger children show fewer ______ memory errors.This summarizes the research on false memory.

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Question 5

Explain the term "elaboration" as it relates to memory strategies.

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Question 6

Describe the false-belief test.

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Question 7

With respect to ______ control, second-graders are likely to spend more time studying items that they gave low JOLs to.

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Question 8

Howe, Toth, and Cicchetti (2012) also found that children could use directed forgetting to inhibit items that they were not supposed to remember.They also found that children were better able to inhibit emotional items than neutral items.

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The statement is true according to the findings of Howe, Toth, and Cicchetti (2012).

Question 9

In imitation, an infant must ______ the physical actions of another.

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Question 10

Explain the memory efficiency view.

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Question 11

Describe mnemonic improvement relating to memory conversations.

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Question 12

Younger children show fewer meaning-based memory errors.This summarizes the research on false memory.

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This statement is true according to research on false memory, which has shown that younger children tend to make fewer meaning-based memory errors than older children and adults.

Question 13

In a classic study on this topic, Leichtman and Ceci (1995) investigated the suggestibility of child witnesses.They used children aged 3-6 as participants.In the study, a man-a confederate of the researchers-named "Sam Stone" came to visit the children's pre-school class.Leichtman and Ceci found that some children misremembered key details of Sam Stone's visit.

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The statement accurately reflects the findings of Leichtman and Ceci's study on the suggestibility of child witnesses.

Question 14

Howe, Toth, and Cicchetti (2012) also found that children could use directed forgetting to inhibit items that they were not supposed to remember.They also found that children were better able to inhibit ______ items than neutral items.

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Question 15

Malajandra was just 5-year-old when a hurricane damaged houses in her neighborhood.She ______ remember more details if there was moderate damage to her house, rather than severe damage or no damage.

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Question 16

Researchers can examine memory early in infancy by examining if an infant looks more at ______ than familiar items.

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Question 17

Kisilevksy et al. (2003) showed that fetuses one to two weeks before birth recognized their mother's voice.This was accomplished by measuring differences in the infant's ______.

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Question 18

In Wimmer and Perner's (1983) experiment on ______ belief, it was found that 3-year-olds did not successfully predict where a confederate would think a hidden item was, but the 5-year-olds were successful.

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Question 19

In one study, it was found that 4-month-old children looked ______ at upright photos of faces than upside-down photos of faces.

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Question 20

Kisilevksy et al. (2003) showed that fetuses one to two weeks before birth recognized their mother's voice.This was accomplished by training the infant in a conjugate reinforcement task.

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Kisilevsky et al. (2003) demonstrated that fetuses could recognize their mother's voice, but the study did not involve training the infant in a conjugate reinforcement task. Instead, it measured changes in fetal heart rate in response to the mother's voice compared to a stranger's voice.

Quiz 11: Memory in Childhood