Which of the following would you expect to see in an adult, progressing from middle to late adulthood?
A)Reaction time or perceptual speed would tend to remain relatively constant.
B)Memory for recall information would decline faster than recognition memory.
C)Memory for new information would tend to increase slightly or remain the same.
D)The ability to repeat just heard, unrelated, single words would decrease more slowly than the ability to repeat a sentence.

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Memory for recall information tends to decline faster than recognition memory as adults progress from middle to late adulthood. This is because recall tasks, which require active retrieval of information without cues, are generally more affected by aging than recognition tasks, which provide cues to aid in the retrieval of information.

Which of the Following Would You Expect to See in an Adult