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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Definitions:

Path

A course of action or sequence of events proposed or taken as leading to a particular outcome or goal.

Entorhinal Cortex

The section of the medial temporal lobe containing grid cells that respond to very specific locations in the physical environment.

Grid Cells

Neurons in the entorhinal cortex that respond when an animal or person approaches a specific location in the physical environment.

Cognitive Map

Spatial knowledge of the physical environment gained through experience.