Regarding Memory Skills in Adulthood, Which of the Following Has

question 33

Multiple Choice

Regarding memory skills in adulthood, which of the following has been supported by research?

• A)Some memory function decline can be expected with age.
• B)Memory function decline is often reversible.
• C)People tend to retain their verbal skills into advanced old age.
• D)All of these.

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information at the beginning of a list better than the information in the middle or the end.

Recency Effect

The tendency to remember and place more importance on the most recently presented information or experiences.

High Distinctiveness

A feature or attribute that makes an individual or object stand out significantly from others in the same category or context.

Kelley's Covariation Model

A theory in psychology that describes the way people assign reasons to events by evaluating the event's consistency, distinctiveness, and the level of agreement among observers.