Which of the following students provides the best information about the metacognitive skills of elderly people?
a. Pascal: "Elderly adults are similar to young adults in accurately predicting which items they will recall at a later time."
b. Ladi: "Elderly adults are consistently less effective in monitoring their memory."
c. Jacqueline: "Elderly adults have less knowledge than young adults about how their memory works."
d. Lucy: "In general, elderly adults and young adults are similar, except that elderly adults spend less time on any given metacognitive task, in comparison to young adults."
Ans: a
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