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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