A Psychologist Who Is Studying the Mathematical Abilities of Adults

question 69

Multiple Choice

A psychologist who is studying the mathematical abilities of adults finds significant differences between the scores of adults born 50 years ago, when rote learning was stressed, and those born 25 years ago, when more progressive approaches to education were popular. This is an example of a(n) _____.

• A) failure of longitudinal research
• B) advantage of cross-sectional research
• C) cohort difference
• D) intellectual decline in middle adulthood

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Definitions:

Drinking Spree

A sustained period of excessive alcohol consumption.

Context-Dependent Memory

The phenomenon where people remember information better if they attempt to recall it in the same context in which they learned it.

Recall

The ability to retrieve and remember information or experiences from the past.

Physical Surroundings

The external setting or environment in which a person operates or lives.