A nurse is leading a word-quiz game with a group of nursing home residents because the nurse knows this activity will assist the residents in maintaining:
A) Fluid intelligence
B) Adaptive thinking
C) Crystallized intelligence
D) Psychomotor memory
Ans: C
Crystallized intelligence refers to vocabulary skills, information, and verbal comprehension. Fluid intelligence involves a person's inherent abilities, such as memory and recognition, and involves adaptive thinking. Memory involves retrieval and storage of information.
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