Studies of Changes in Intelligence as a Function of Aging

question 90

Multiple Choice

Studies of changes in intelligence as a function of aging suggest that __________.

• A) both fluid and crystallized intelligence tend to decline with age in adults
• B) crystallized intelligence tends to decline with age in adults but fluid intelligence does not
• C) fluid intelligence tends to decline with age in adults but crystallized intelligence does not
• D) neither fluid nor crystallized intelligence declines with age in adults

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