Older Adults' Reduced Performance on Declarative Memory Tasks When They

question 56

Multiple Choice

Older adults' reduced performance on declarative memory tasks when they are reminded of the negative age stereotype is probably the result of such reminders:

• A) decreasing the positivity bias.
• B) taxing their prospective memory.
• C) decreasing the Flynn effect
• D) consuming more working memory capacity.

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