Mental operations performed by children in the concrete operational stage (age 7-11) are limited to what they can

When psychologists ask research participants to remember combinations of letters (such as TJD), why might they have participants engage in strange tasks such as counting backward by threes?

a. Counting backward prevents rehearsal, so researchers can see how long an unrehearsed memory trace will last. b. Researchers try to make the participants forget. c. Counting backward can facilitate episodic binding. d. Researchers are actually interested in backward-counting ability.

Which of the following statements about the consequences of child sexual abuse is true?

A) The adjustment problems of victims tend to subside once the abuse stops. B) Repeated sexual abuse is associated with central nervous system damage. C) In adolescence, abused young people are less promiscuous than their agemates. D) Women who were sexually abused are less likely to choose partners who abuse them and their children.