What's your earliest childhood memory? Can you remember learning to walk? Or talk? The fir
【C9】______ as in a novel or film. But when they search through their mental【C10】______ for early childhood memories to add to this verbal life story, they don't find any that fits the【C11】______ . It's like trying to find a Chinese word in an English dictionary.
Now psychologist Annette Simms of the New York State University offers a new【C12】______ for childhood amnesia. She argues that there simply【C13】______ any early childhood memories to recall. According to Dr. Simms, children need to learn to use【C14】______ spoken description of their personal experiences in order to turn their own short-term, quickly【C15】______ impressions of them into long-term memories In other【C16】______ , children have to talk about their experiences and hear others talk about【C17】______ -- Mother talking about the afternoon【C18】______ looking for seashells at the beach or Dad asking them about their day at Ocean Park. With out this【C19】______ reinforcement, says Dr. Simms, children cannot form【C20】______ memories of their personal experiences.
【C1】
A.listened
B.felt
C.touched
D.heard