Generalizing from research described in the text, you would expect older adults to suffer the LEAST memory decrement on which of the following tasks?
A) arithmetic calculations, such as balancing a check book
B) memories of a trip taken in childhood
C) recollections of clothing that one wore at an important occasion years before
D) recall of the colors painted on the walls of the house one lived 40 years ago

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The greatest memory decline in older adulthood is for tasks involving episodic, rather than semantic, memory. Episodic memories involve the recall of specific past events, whereas semantic memories involve factual recall. In this example, the arithmetic task depends on semantic memory, whereas recall of childhood events in an episodic memory task. Thus, the least memory decrement would likely be for the check-balancing task.

Generalizing from Research Described in the Text, You Would Expect