Currently reviewing my answers from the psych/soc section bank and I have a question regarding one of the explanations, specifically to question #17.
They are asking what cognitive function is generally not impaired with aging. I'm confused between answers:
1) capacity for acquiring new declarative info
2) ability to retrieve general info
Answer 2 is correct, and the rational given is that the "capacity for retrieving general info (semantic memory, crystallized intelligence) is unaffected by aging."
Is there a distinction between declarative and explicit memory? I was under the impression that explicit memory could be broken down into episodic and semantic memory. The answer explanation seems to draw contrast to this unless I'm looking at it from the wrong perspective.
They are asking what cognitive function is generally not impaired with aging. I'm confused between answers:
1) capacity for acquiring new declarative info
2) ability to retrieve general info
Answer 2 is correct, and the rational given is that the "capacity for retrieving general info (semantic memory, crystallized intelligence) is unaffected by aging."
Is there a distinction between declarative and explicit memory? I was under the impression that explicit memory could be broken down into episodic and semantic memory. The answer explanation seems to draw contrast to this unless I'm looking at it from the wrong perspective.