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The discussion of metacognition in elderly adults suggests that
 
  a. adults typically experience a decline in all major metacognitive skills as they grow older.
  b. young adults are more aware than elderly adults that some memory strategies are more effective than other memory strategies.
  c. young adults are more accurate than elderly adults in predicting which items they will recall on a memory test.
  d. young adults and elderly adults are reasonably similar in many metacognitive skills.

Question 2

Research on metamemory in elderly people shows that
 
  a. in general, elderly people and young adults have similar beliefs about how their memory works.
  b. elderly people are less accurate than young adults in predicting which items on a list they will later remember.
  c. ironically, young adults are more likely than elderly adults to report problems with their memory.
  d. elderly people and young adults are equally likely to overestimate their total score on a memory test



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: d

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Ans: a




SAVANNAHHOOPER23

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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:D TYSM

 

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