Which of the following is TRUE?
a. The more related the practical problems are to the older participant's interests and areas of expertise, the better they do solving the problems.
b. Younger adults do better than older adults on traditional problem-solving tasks as measured in a lab.
c. When the "memory" part of the study is de-emphasized, older adults perform better.
d. All of the above are true.
D
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a. temporal b. occipital c. parietal d. frontal