What is likely to happen to general ability and job expertise as we age?
a) General abilities decline, while job expertise increases.
b) General abilities increase, while job expertise decreases.
c) Both general abilities and job expertise increase.
d) Both general abilities and job expertise decrease.
Consider This: Salthouse and Maurer (1996) observed an ability/expertise trade-off.
State effects of age-related declines in cognitive abilities, reaction time, physical strength and sensory abilities
ANS: a
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