Older Adults Appear to Have a Reduced Working Memory Capacity

question 49

Multiple Choice

Older adults appear to have a reduced working memory capacity. This would be a problem because they would __________.

• A) experience less interference
• B) be slower in the rate at which they processed information
• C) be less able to coordinate multiple pieces of information
• D) be forming chunks in memory that are too large

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