Dustin Is Worried Because He Has Heard That Cognitive Abilities

question 46

Multiple Choice

Dustin is worried because he has heard that cognitive abilities decline with old age.He consults his introductory psychology textbook and finds that a number of specific abilities do seem to decline.Dustin is most worried,for example,about a decline in his ____.

• A) working memory
• B) crystallized intelligence
• C) divergent thinking
• D) long-term memory

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Definitions:

Electronegativity

A measure of an atom’s attraction for electrons.

Covalent Bonding

A chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms, stabilizing them and making the atoms bound together in a molecule.

Protobionts

Assemblages of organic polymers that spontaneously form under certain conditions. Protobionts may have been involved in chemical evolution.

Abiotically Produced

Referring to substances or processes occurring without the involvement of biological organisms, typically through physical or chemical phenomena.