On which of the following tasks would midlife adults tend to do more poorly than their younger counterparts?

a. Remembering historical events
b. Remembering how to play a card game or a board game
c. Switching between assessing pairs of numbers as "odd or even" or as "more or less"
d. Knowing the meaning of vocabulary words


Answer: C

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