As Described in the Culture and Human Behavior Box, Developmental

Multiple Choice

As described in the Culture and Human Behavior box, developmental psychologist Qi Wang investigated the earliest memories of European American and Chinese and Taiwanese college students. Which of the following statements best summarizes Wang's findings?

A) The first memories of the Chinese and Taiwanese college students tended to be brief and focused on routine group activities, while the first memories of the European American college students tended to be about a specific event and more self-focused.
B) Although both the European American college students and the Chinese and Taiwanese college students were equally confident in the accuracy of their memories, the American college students were actually much more accurate in the details they remembered.
C) With the exception of the Chinese and Taiwanese college students tending to have their first memories about a year earlier than the European American college students, there were very similar themes in the first memories reported by the two groups.
D) The first memories of the European American college students tended to be brief and focused on routine group activities, while the first memories of the Chinese and Taiwanese college students tended to be about a specific event and more self-focused.