ABSTRACT
This chapter examines that there can sometimes be age-related differences in strategy repertoire. When these differences exist, they are often manifested by older people's use of fewer strategies than young people. The chapter looks at whether there are in fact differences between the strategy repertoires of young and older adults. It is important to note that young and older adults have never been found to differ in strategy repertoire in the sense of using radically different strategies. The various strategies found in the strategy repertoire of young people do not seem to disappear with age; neither do new ones seem to emerge. It seems that older adults continue to have these strategies in their repertoire, but simply do not use a portion of them. The strategy repertoire issue concerns how participants go about performing cognitive tasks. A change in strategy repertoire with age can mean using different strategies.
