When Older Adults Suffer from a Decrease in Their ________________Skills

question 93

Multiple Choice

When older adults suffer from a decrease in their ________________skills, it becomes more difficult for them to ignore distractions when trying to have a conversation.

• A) short-term memory
• B) long-term memory
• C) selective attention
• D) nonselective attention

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Definitions:

Fixations

In psychoanalytic theory, a persistent focus of the id’s pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier stage of psychosexual development.

Creative Selves

The aspects of an individual's personality that involve creativity, imagination, and the ability to generate new ideas.

Objective Tests

Tests whose items must be answered in a specified, limited manner; tests whose items have concrete answers that are considered correct.

Projective Tests

Psychological assessments where participants' responses to ambiguous stimuli, such as inkblots or vague pictures, are analyzed to uncover underlying thoughts, feelings, or desires.