The Research on Implicit Memory in Older Adults Shows That

question 8

Multiple Choice

The research on implicit memory in older adults shows that

• A) older adults have a slight advantage over younger adults in this area because of their greater life experience.
• B) older adults are much less accurate than younger adults in this area; in fact, the age differences are larger than on explicit memory tasks.
• C) older adults and younger adults perform fairly similarly on implicit memory tasks.
• D) the results in this area are extremely variable, depending upon the method used; some tasks reveal very large age-related differences, others reveal no differences whatsoever.

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