The general developmental trend for strategy use is that as children become more mature, they
a. apply strategies in the same ways as when young.
b. use more strategies, more effectively.
c. become increasingly reliant on unconscious habits.
d. suffer from confusion because they must make choices from an expanded range of possible strategies.
B
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