Recent Studies Have Found

question 26

Multiple Choice

Recent studies have found

• A) intelligence declines substantially in later age.
• B) older people are less capable of learning than younger people.
• C) on some measures, intelligence increases with age.
• D) a majority of elderly show overt signs of senility

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Definitions:

Connectionist Model

A cognitive model based on the concept that mental phenomena can be described by interconnected networks of simple and uniform units.

Parallel Distributed Processing

A model for neural computation that suggests information is processed simultaneously across different pathways in the brain.

Pattern of Activation

In neuroscience and psychology, this term refers to how different neurons or brain regions are activated in a specific sequence or arrangement to perform a function or represent information.

Reality Monitoring

The process by which individuals are able to distinguish memories of actual events from those of imagined events.