Deficits in Short-Term Memory May Contribute to Language Problems in All

Multiple Choice

Deficits in short-term memory may contribute to language problems in all of the following ways EXCEPT ______.

A) Children who can't remember what was said may not be able to attend to all of the morphological features of a sentence.
B) Children with phonological short-term memory deficits may have underdeveloped vocabularies because they can't process as many items in a list as those with typically functioning phonological short-term memories.
C) Children with phonological short-term memory deficits always have poor phonological awareness.
D) Children with phonological short-term memory deficits have difficulty determining which sentences are equivalent in meaning because it is challenging for them to maintain both sentences in mind at the same time.