Your textbook compares prospective memory in younger adults and older adults. The research typically shows that elderly adults
a. make fewer prospective-memory errors, probably because they have developed effective strategies for remembering to do things in the future.
b. make fewer prospective-memory errors, probably because retired adults do not need to remember so many work-related responsibilities.
c. make more prospective-memory errors, probably because this kind of memory task is mostly based on working memory, and elderly people often have trouble with working memory.
d. make more prospective-memory errors, probably because this kind of task is mostly based on implicit memory, and elderly people often have trouble with implicit memory.
Ans: c
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