The finding that elementary school children perform better on memory-span tasks than preschool children is likely due to improvements in all of the following areas EXCEPT:
A) the speed of information processing.
B) the susceptibility to suggestion.
C) the efficiency of processing information.
D) the automatic rehearsal of information.

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Preschool children are more susceptible to suggestion than elementary school children, which does not contribute to improvements in memory-span tasks. The other options (A, C, D) are areas where improvements can lead to better performance in memory tasks.

The Finding That Elementary School Children Perform Better on Memory-Span