title: How best to utilize a deficiency.
abstract: This article is a commentary on Harriet Waters' discussion, in this issue, of strategy inefficiencies and strategy utilization, mediation, and production deficiencies. The author focuses on the importance and meaning of the degree of spontaneity in strategy production, and situates the concept of utilization deficiency within current work on strategy heterogeneity, contextual support, and situation-specific skills.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, USA. pmiller@psych.ufl.edu
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D008960:Models, Psychological; D002666:Psychology, Child