The Research on the Relationship Between Metamemory and Children's Memory

question 74

Multiple Choice

The research on the relationship between metamemory and children's memory performance is complicated. However, a general pattern is that

• A) children who have a well-developed metamemory tend to use strategies more wisely, but this does not improve their performance.
• B) metamemory is relatively easy to measure in young children.
• C) metamemory and memory performance are moderately correlated with each other.
• D) the correlations between metamemory and memory performance are significant only when we study younger children.

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