Studies of changes in intelligence as a function of aging suggest that:
a) both fluid and crystallized intelligence tend to decline with age in adults.
b) crystallized intelligence tends to decline with age in adults but fluid intelligence does not.
c) fluid intelligence tends to decline with age in adults but crystallized intelligence does not.
d) neither fluid nor crystallized intelligence declines with age in adults.
ANS: C
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