Young Children Have a Short Memory Span Because

Multiple Choice

Young children have a short memory span because:

A) the items they want to remember go immediately into working memory, slowing down their ability to recall the items.
B) they take longer to scan the items they want to recall.
C) the items they want to remember skip over their short-term memory into their long-term memory; therefore, it takes them longer to recall the items.
D) it takes them longer to say a list of numbers, so memory for early items is likely to decay.