Claire, a three-year-old, has difficulty remembering her street address. According to research on short-term memory use, what is a likely cause of Claire’s problem?
A. Both limited memory capacity and ineffective strategy use
B. Ineffective strategy use, but not limited memory capacity
C. Limited memory capacity, but not ineffective strategy use
D. Neither limited memory capacity nor effective strategy use
Answer:A
Claire, a three-year-old, has difficulty remembering her street address. According to research on short-term memory use, what is a likely cause of Claire’s problem?
A. Both limited memory capacity and ineffective strategy use B. Ineffective strategy use, but not limited memory capacity C. Limited memory capacity, but not ineffective strategy use D. Neither limited memory capacity nor effective strategy use
Explanation: A) A three-year-old child such as Claire is likely to have limited working memory capacity and to use strategies for remembering ineffectively. By age five or six, Claire will naturally begin to use other strategies including rehearsal.