Which of the following age groups of children is the most susceptible to the possibility that a suggestion will distort their memories?

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Preschoolers have the least developed cognitive abilities and are at a developmental stage where they are most susceptible to suggestion and influence. They are also likely to have less-developed schemas (mental structures for organizing information), which makes them more vulnerable to absorbing false information from others. Infants are too young to encode and retrieve memories accurately, while middle children and pre-adolescent children have more established schemas and cognitive abilities to reject misinformation.

Which of the Following Age Groups of Children Is the Most