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rmenurse

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Seeing which of the following words made older adults perform worse than younger age groups on cognitive tests?
 
  wise
  insightful
  enlightened
  senile

Question 2

Which of the following statements is characteristic of the memory of older adults?
 
  The spelling of older adults is better than their speech.
  Older adults are better at recall than recognition.
  Older adults are less likely to have tip-of-the-tongue forgetfulness.
  Older adults are better at recognition than recall.


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14vl19

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

senile

Answer to Question 2

Older adults are better at recognition than recall.


rmenurse

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Excellent

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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