When Comparing Older and Young Adults in Task Performance, Studies

question 15

Multiple Choice

When comparing older and young adults in task performance, studies have found

• A) age differences in divided attention tasks are typically absence regardless of difficulty of the task.
• B) older people are less distractible and better able to disregard irrelevant information in divided-attention tasks.
• C) younger adults have lower physiological arousal.
• D) older individuals are more distracted and unable to disregard clutter of irrelevant information.

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