Why Do Older Adults Have Difficulty in Attention-Demanding Tasks

question 17

Multiple Choice

Why do older adults have difficulty in attention-demanding tasks?

• A) They experience a decrease in the efficiency of response inhibition.
• B) Visual sensory deficits cause distraction.
• C) They have decreased myelination in the brain governing these areas.
• D) Auditory sensory deficits are the primary cause.

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Definitions:

Planned Ignoring

A behavioral management technique involving the deliberate non-acknowledgment of undesirable behaviors to reduce their occurrence.

Time-out

A behavioral modification technique that involves removing an individual from a potentially reinforcing situation to decrease undesirable behaviors.

Restitution Overcorrection

A behavioral strategy requiring an individual to repair the consequences of inappropriate behavior, often in a manner that is more demanding than the original context.

Positive Practice

A learning technique involving the repetition of a desired behavior multiple times to reinforce or improve skill acquisition.