What Has Become a Virtual Consensus Among Researchers Studying the Effect

question 108

Multiple Choice

What has become a virtual consensus among researchers studying the effect of aging on intelligence?

• A) intelligence as a whole declines considerably with advancing age
• B) intelligence plateaus at age 25 then remains virtually unchanged until the 80s
• C) fluid intelligence remains nearly flat, but crystallized intelligence declines sharply in the 60s, 70s, and 80s
• D) crystallized intelligence remains nearly flat, but fluid intelligence declines sharply in the 60s, 70s, and 80s

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