Which of the Following Students Provides the Most Accurate Information

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about memory in elderly adults,as opposed to younger adults?

• A)Kanako: "Elderly adults are much more likely to have decreased frontal-lobe activation."
• B)Stacey: "Elderly adults often have more trouble paying attention."
• C)Curtis: "Elderly adults have much more trouble using strategies to enhance their performance on long-term memory tasks."
• D)Juan: "Elderly adults have much more trouble on implicit memory tasks."

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Definitions:

Motor Skills

The abilities required to control the precise movements of muscles to perform specific actions, often divided into fine (small movements) and gross (larger movements) motor skills.

Classically Conditioned Associations

Learned connections between two stimuli, established through conditioning, where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus, eliciting a response.

Three-Stage Information-Processing Model

A framework in cognitive psychology that describes how information is processed in three stages: sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, where sensory information is retained for a very short period of time, such as a few seconds.