Which of the following is likely to characterize an older adult as compared to a younger adult in a reasoning task?
a) The older adult will be likely to draw on a larger store of information to make decisions
b) The older adult will be more likely to rely on an algorithm to find the solution.
c) The older adult will be less likely to look back at a past situation and assume he/she judged it correctly at the time.
d) The older adult is less likely to be biased by prior beliefs.
Question 2Older adults are most similar to younger adults in terms of which of the following cognitive domains?
a) Language processin
b) Working memory
c) Attention
d) Metamemory
Question 3Apart from their lack of experience, which of the following is likely to place the most important limits on cognition in newborns and young infants?
a) Incomplete development of the prefrontal corte
b) Lack of development of visual and auditory sensory systems
c) Inability to regulate attentional processes
d) Inefficient coordination of perception and attention
Question 4What is a likely explanation for slower recall of information from long-term memory in an older adult?
a) Sorting out the right information from a large number of association
b) Loss of associations from long-term memory
c) Interference of episodic memories in the retrieval process
d) Lack of procedural memory for how to retrieve the information
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