List three of the five information-processing theories of development. What is the primary mechanism of developmental change in each of the three theories?

What will be an ideal response?

Any three of the following: (1) Neo-Piagetian theories, in which the primary mechanisms of change are automatization and maturational changes in the efficiency of working memory; (2) Psychometric theories like Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, in which the primary mechanisms of change are changes in the metacomponents of intelligence (strategy construction, encoding, and automatization); (3) Production systems theories, in which the primary mechanisms of change are self-modification and generalization; (4) Connectionist theories in which the primary mechanisms of change is observing the discrepancy between self-generated response and correct response and generalization; (5) Theories of cognitive evolution, in which the primary mechanisms of change are variation, competition between ideas, and selection.