Indy is a typical six-year-old and his brother Jones is a typical 16-year-old. How do their information processing skills most likely differ on a memory task?

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Jones, as a 16-year-old, has more developed information processing skills than a six-year-old, which allows him to focus better on relevant information and disregard irrelevant information. Thus, he is more likely to recall more relevant information and less likely to recall task-irrelevant information.

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