Why Are Older Adults More Likely to Forget What Items

question 4

Multiple Choice

Why are older adults more likely to forget what items they wanted to buy at a grocery store (unless they write them down on a list and take it with them) than they are to forget how to drive a car?

• A) Perceptual speed declines with aging.
• B) Implicit memory is less likely to be adversely affected by aging than explicit memory.
• C) Source memory is more likely to decline with aging than prospective memory.
• D) Explicit memory declines more rapidly with aging than implicit memory.

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