Gloria Is a Healthy 70-Year-Old Who Would Like to Learn

question 38

Multiple Choice

Gloria is a healthy 70-year-old who would like to learn to play video games with her grandson.According to research on learning late in life,Gloria:

• A) is past the age where learning to play video games is possible.
• B) should spend her time doing crossword puzzles instead,because they help prevent dementia.
• C) could learn to play games if she begins at the easiest level and practices regularly.
• D) could learn to play games in the short term but would soon forget and need to be retaught.

Understand the foundational theories and phenomena related to social psychology and group dynamics, including Triplett’s study on competition and Allport's concept of social facilitation.

Identify and describe the key conditions and outcomes of social facilitation, including the impact of task complexity and the presence of others on individual performance.

Describe the characteristics that define a group versus a mere collection of individuals, including concepts of entitativity and interaction among members.

Explain the drive theory of social facilitation and distinguish between social facilitation and inhibition.

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Definitions:

Toddlers

Young children who are just beginning to walk, generally aged between one and three years.

Behaviours

Observable actions or reactions of individuals or groups in response to external or internal stimuli.

Complexity

The state or quality of being intricate or complicated, often referring to systems, processes, or issues with multiple interrelated parts.

Skill Progression

A systematic approach to incrementally increase the difficulty or complexity of a skill being learned.