How Is a Child's Capacity to Solve Conservation Problems Related

question 32

Multiple Choice

How is a child's capacity to solve conservation problems related to advances in information processing abilities?

• A) Children need to be able to sense differences (sensory memory) in objects in order to conserve.
• B) Numerical conservation is associated with the development of working memory.
• C) Conservation ability involves information stored in long-term memory.
• D) Children use metacognitive strategies to solve conservation problems, which are a part of information processing.

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