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

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