Name and briefly describe the five forms of developmental change that occur with age proposed by information-processing theorists

What will be an ideal response?

A good answer will include the following key points:
+ More efficient (better) strategies
- Older children use faster, more accurate, and easier strategies.
+ Increased capacity of working memory
- Older children have a larger mental workspace for cognitive processes.
+ Greater inhibitory control and executive functioning
- Older children are less prone to interference from irrelevant stimulation and are more flexible in their thinking.
+ Increased automatic processing
- Older children execute more processes automatically (without using working memory).
+ Increased speed of processing
- Older children can execute mental processes more rapidly than younger children.