Older adults who have a low sense of memory ________________, the feeling that they cannot perform well on a memory test, are likely to have poorer scores when their memory is actually tested.

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Self-efficacy is the belief in one's own ability to perform a task, and a low sense of memory self-efficacy means that an older adult does not believe they can perform well on memory tasks. This negative belief can create a sense of threat that leads to poorer performance on memory tests, even if their actual memory ability is not impaired.

Older Adults Who Have a Low Sense of Memory ________________