Which theory of infantile amnesia suggests that it is a result of a change in the way in which a person understands the world?
A) Freudian
B) social interaction and schema development
C) development of the self
D) language development

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The social interaction and schema development theory suggests that infantile amnesia occurs because infants lack the cognitive abilities necessary to encode and retrieve memories, and because their understanding of the world is not yet fully developed. As their cognitive and linguistic abilities develop, they begin to construct a more sophisticated understanding of the world, allowing them to encode and retrieve memories more effectively. Therefore, infantile amnesia is seen as a result of a change in the way in which a person understands the world, rather than being caused by repression or some other psychodynamic mechanism (as in the Freudian theory) or by limitations in language development or the development of the self.

Which Theory of Infantile Amnesia Suggests That It Is a Result