Statistical procedures that summarize and describe a series of observations are called

a. inferential statistics.
b. descriptive statistics.
c. scales

The cognitive process through which information is used to reach a goal that is blocked by some obstacle is known as _______

a. thinking b. problem solving c. hill climbing d. cognition

When young children recall and retell a story, they often recall certain important features while forgetting unimportant ones, reorder the sequence of events in more logical fashion, and even include new information that fits with a passage's

meaning. This demonstrates that young children A) have poor metacognitive skills. B) reconstruct information based on their everyday experiences. C) often fail to employ appropriate memory strategies. D) are not yet adept at cognitive self-regulation.