Developmental Changes in Processing Speed

question 82

Multiple Choice

Developmental changes in processing speed

• A) are simply due to practice with particular tasks.
• B) occur at different rates in different cultural groups.
• C) are similar for different tasks such as reading comprehension, memory retrieval, and visual search.
• D) plateau in early childhood, at which point children are able to process information as quickly as adults.

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