Two Children Are Participating in a Memory Research: Heather,a Preschooler,and

question 102

Multiple Choice

Two children are participating in a memory research: Heather,a preschooler,and Illeana,a sixth-grader.When the children fail a recall task,the researcher asks each child what she might do to succeed at the task the next time.Heather suggests that she would simply try again; Illeana proposes that she might try to write the items down.The difference in the girls' responses most clearly illustrates an increase in _____ during childhood.

• A)memory capacity
• B)metacognitive ability
• C)operational thinking
• D)proximal development

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Definitions:

Fictive Kin

People who become accepted as part of a family who have no genetic or legal relationship to that family.

Kinkeeper

A term often used to describe a family member who takes on the responsibility for maintaining communication and fostering connections among extended family members.

Middle-aged Mother

A woman in the middle adulthood stage of life, typically considered to be between the ages of 40 and 60, who has children.

Nonbiological Parenting

The act of raising and caring for a child by individuals who are not the child's biological parents, often through adoption, foster care, or step-parenting.