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wrbasek0

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Which of the following statements is true about attention in older adults compared to that of younger adults?
 
  a) Older adults are more distracted by irrelevant external stimuli and less distracted by irrelevant internal stimuli
 b) Older adults are less accurate at detecting when they are having problems with mind wandering.
 c) Older adults are less susceptible to inattention blindness and pop-out effects.
 d) Older adults have more difficulty with attention capture.

Question 2

Which of the following children is exhibiting the cognitive skill of conservation?
 
  a) Jenna understands that rolling a ball of clay into a long snake does not change the clay's quantity
 b) Katie understands that toys that are no longer in her line of vision continue to exist.
 c) Amy understands that a tall stack of nickels contains more coins than a shorter stack of nickels.
 d) Brianna understands that she can pour a cup of water into a larger cup without overflowing the cup.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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