Suppose that 6-year-old children and college students are given several memory tasks.Which of the following tasks is likely to reveal the smallest differences between the two groups?

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Recognition tasks require participants to identify previously presented information among a set of novel or distractor items. This task does not require as much cognitive effort as recall, working memory or source monitoring. Therefore, the differences between 6-year-old children and college students are likely to be smaller in a recognition task compared to other memory tasks.

Suppose That 6-Year-Old Children and College Students Are Given Several