Your roommate and you are discussing your early childhoods. She is getting very frustrated because she cannot remember anything that happened to her before about age 2

She remembers stories that her parents told her about when she was younger, but she does not actually remember those memories herself. What would you tell her? The inability to remember anything prior to age 2 is common and is referred to as ____.
a. brain damage
b. false memories
c. childhood forgetfulness
d. infantile amnesia

D. The inability to remember anything prior to age 2 is known as infantile amnesia.

Psychology

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When a person exhibits success facing everyday, real-world demands, such as those found in on-the-job professional demands, Sternberg's theory of intelligence would suggest that that person is demonstrating __________

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Psychology