Because Older Adults Find Ways to Compensate for Cognitive Slowing

question 38

Multiple Choice

Because older adults find ways to compensate for cognitive slowing on familiar tasks,their reaction time __________.

• A) is considerably better on verbal items than on nonverbal items
• B) is somewhat better on nonverbal items than on verbal items
• C) cannot be improved through training
• D) is slower on familiar tasks than on unfamiliar tasks

---

Definitions:

Contingency Table

A table used in statistics to display the frequency distribution of variables to show the relationship between them.

Level of Significance

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is in fact true; commonly set thresholds include 0.05 or 0.01.

Null Hypothesis

The null hypothesis is a statement or hypothesis that there is no significant difference or effect, typically to be tested against an alternative hypothesis.

Critical Value

The threshold in a statistical test such that if the calculated test statistic is beyond this point, the null hypothesis is rejected.