Skills Assessed in Real-Life Situations, Such as Gardening Ability, May

question 66

Multiple Choice

Skills assessed in real-life situations, such as gardening ability, may remain high if the person continues to garden as she ages. This relates to which hypothesis regarding discrepancy in observed and measured cognitive performance in the elderly?

• A) Differences in type of cognition
• B) Different amounts of experience
• C) Different standards of evaluation
• D) Differences in the representatives of the individuals or observations

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Definitions:

Social Anxiety Disorder

A mental health disorder characterized by significant anxiety or fear of being judged, negatively evaluated, or rejected in a social or performance situation.

Blindsight

A condition where an individual can respond to visual stimuli without consciously perceiving them, typically following brain damage.

Visual Perception Track

The process and pathways by which visual information is received, interpreted, and integrated in the brain.

Visual Action Track

Also known as the dorsal stream, it is a pathway in the brain that is involved in the processing of movement and spatial location.