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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a. counseling psychologist b. clinical psychologist c. school psychologist d. research psychologist
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b. punishment. c. counterimitation. d. inhibition.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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a. occipital lobe b. temporal lobe c. parietal lobe d. frontal lobe