Zana,age 8,knows Everything There Is to Know About Egypt

question 85

Multiple Choice

Zana,age 8,knows everything there is to know about Egypt.She loves to read about the pyramids,pharaohs,burial rites,and so forth.Zana's passion about Egypt has allowed her to accumulate "expert" knowledge on the subject.All of the following statements about the effects of expertise are true EXCEPT:

• A) Age differences in strategy use or memory ability disappear when the younger child has more expertise than the older.
• B) Using advanced information-processing skills in their areas of expertise helps children's general memory and reasoning abilities.
• C) Children's capacity for creativity increases with knowledge they have about a topic.
• D) The amount of knowledge a child possesses greatly affects the efficiency of her information-processing system.

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