Göthe, Oberauer, and Kliegl (2007) Compared Younger and Older Adults

question 72

Multiple Choice

Göthe, Oberauer, and Kliegl (2007) compared younger and older adults in two tasks.One task was a visual-motor task in which participants had to mentally track the location of an arrow as it moved to various marked locations on a computer screen.The second task was a simple numerical task, that is, to add a number to a pre-existing sum every time the participant heard a tone.They found that:

• A)older adults learned each task as well as the younger adults did, but had more difficulties when required to do the two tasks simultaneously.
• B)older adults learned both tasks at slower rates than did the younger adults.
• C)older adults were impaired on the visual-motor task because it requires the visual-spatial sketchpad, but not the numerical task.
• D)older adults outperformed the younger adults because they were better able to allocate resources.

Evaluate the relationship between specific personality traits and real-life outcomes (e.g., happiness, peer acceptance, longevity).

Acknowledge the debate on aggregated vs. specific behaviors in predicting future behaviors.

Understand the significance of the person-situation debate in personality psychology.

Learn about the impact of traits and situations on behavior through classic and contemporary studies.

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