Most adults can remember little if anything from the first three years of their life.This reflects the operation of
A)infantile amnesia.
B)infantile psychosis.
C)juvenile dementia.
D)infantile neurosis.

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Infantile amnesia is the inability of adults to recall events that occurred during the first three years of their life. This is a commonly observed phenomenon and is thought to arise from the immaturity of the brain structures responsible for long-term memory formation during infancy. Other options such as infantile psychosis, juvenile dementia, and infantile neurosis are not relevant to the phenomenon of inability to recall early childhood events.

Most Adults Can Remember Little If Anything from the First