Two Children Are Participating in a Memory Research: Heather, a Preschooler

question 88

Multiple Choice

Two children are participating in a memory research: Heather, a preschooler, and Illeana, a sixth grader. When the children fail a particular recall task, the researcher asks each child what she might do to succeed at the task the next time. Heather suggests that she would simply try again; Illeana proposes that she would try to write the items down. The difference in the girls' responses most clearly illustrates an increase in _____ during childhood.

• A) memory capacity
• B) metacognitive ability
• C) operational thinking
• D) proximal development

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