Older Children Can Learn Faster and Remember More Than Younger

question 35

Multiple Choice

Older children can learn faster and remember more than younger children because older children typically show a significant increase in

• A)the size of their sensory register.
• B)selective compensatory strategies.
• C)capacity of long-term memory.
• D)short term memory capacity.

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Definitions:

Process Information

The act of taking in, interpreting, and making use of information received from the environment or internal thought processes.

Otto Loewi

Nobel Prize-winning physiologist recognized for his discovery of chemical neurotransmission, demonstrating how nerve impulses are transmitted by chemical means.

Synapse

A junction between two neurons, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter.

Hypothesis

An initial explanation put forward for an event, intended as a groundwork for additional study.