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Mollykgkg

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When Gladys, who was hard-of-hearing, attended her grandson's graduation, she devoted an inordinate amount of energy to just listening and trying to make sense of what she was hearing. Consequently, the next day, when her girlfriend asked her what the celebrity guest speaker spoke about, she could not remember. Gladys's failure to encode the speech into her memory is best accounted for by which explanation?
 
  A) Inhibition-deficit
  B) Recollection-deficit
  C) Sensory-deficit
  D) Processing-resources-deficit

Question 2

At the weekly poker game, Edward was asked what school his granddaughter was considering attending. Because he was busy concentrating on the game, he was unable to recall the name of the college. Which explanation of why age-related memory deficits occur best describes Edward's difficulty?
 
  A) The processing-resources-deficit explanation
  B) The inhibition-deficit explanation
  C) The speed-deficit explanation
  D) The recollection-deficit explanation


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A


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