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The document is an academic support worksheet for 10th-grade students at Zarqa University Schools & Kindergarten, focusing on childhood memory. It discusses the concepts of episodic and semantic memory, the role of the prefrontal cortex, and the impact of language on memory formation. Students are required to answer questions based on the provided text, assessing their understanding of these concepts.

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The document is an academic support worksheet for 10th-grade students at Zarqa University Schools & Kindergarten, focusing on childhood memory. It discusses the concepts of episodic and semantic memory, the role of the prefrontal cortex, and the impact of language on memory formation. Students are required to answer questions based on the provided text, assessing their understanding of these concepts.

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Zarqa University Schools & Kindergarten

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10th grade

Day: Thursday Name: ................................

Date: 26 / 2 /2026 Section: A, B, C

Read the texts below, then answer the following questions: (5 marks)

What is your earliest memory? The chances are that you do not remember your very early
childhood. This childhood amnesia applies to episodic memory: the memory of a specific
event. Although young children possess semantic memory, which means they remember facts
such as who their parents are, they lack episodic memory until the age of around two to four
years.
There are various theories to explain this phenomenon. One is that the prefrontal cortex,
a part of the brain whose role includes helping create episodic memories, has only partially
developed. Neuroscientists believe that this underdeveloped region of the brain may be
responsible for our inability to commit experiences to memory.
Others point to the role language may play in remembering our infancy. Learning language
changes the way children possess their experience of the world and could mean that memories
from pre-verbal days are less clear. Talking about memories certainly helps children and
adults to commit episodes to memory.

1. What type of memory allows us to remember specific events? (1mark)


a) Semantic memory b) Episodic memory c) Sensory memory

2. Why don’t young children have episodic memory? (1mark)


a) Their brains are fully developed
b) They remember everything perfectly
c) Their prefrontal cortex is not fully developed

3. How might language affect childhood memory? (1mark)


a) Learning language helps children form memories
b) Language makes memories disappear
c) Language has no effect on memory.

4. What does the underlined pronoun refer to ? (1mark)


They: ………………………………

5. Which of the following words means “not grown or advanced enough” ? (1mark)
a. pre-verbal b. underdeveloped c. theory

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