If a Young Person Is Taking a Health-Maintenance Approach to Aging

question 11

Multiple Choice

If a young person is taking a health-maintenance approach to aging, the person would be:

• A) buying long-term care insurance.
• B) doing things that promote physical and mental health.
• C) avoiding negative life events.
• D) being sensitive to cultural differences among people.

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Definitions:

Short-Term Memory

A type of memory that holds a small amount of information for a short period of time, usually 20-30 seconds.

Chunking

A memory strategy involving organizing or grouping separate pieces of information into a single unit, making it easier to remember.

Implicit Memory

A type of long-term memory that enables people to perform tasks without conscious awareness of the previous experiences influencing those actions.

Context-Dependent Memory

The phenomenon where people recall information better when the recall situation is similar to the encoding situation.