The following is true about physiological changes experienced by older people:

A. The voice generally becomes lower pitched.
B. Older people have lower accident rates than do middle-age adults.
C. Research has proven that intellectual functioning declines in later adulthood.
D. Homeostasis becomes less efficient in later adulthood.


Answer: D

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