When Older Adults Were Shown a List of Related Items

question 134

Multiple Choice

When older adults were shown a list of related items and then later shown another list and asked which of the items on the new list had been on the original list, older participants __________.

• A)did not recognize any of the items from the old list
• B)recognized all of the items from the old list
• C)panicked and refused to participate any longer
• D)were more likely to indicate that they recognized a word, even though it was not on the original list

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Definitions:

Stages of Development

The theory that human growth and development occur in distinct phases, each characterized by specific psychological and physical features.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, known for his theories on the unconscious mind, defense mechanisms, and sexuality.

Fixation

In psychoanalytic theory, an obsessive interest or feeling stuck at a particular stage of psychosexual development.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who founded psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.