Think of an older adult (65+) whom you know (or someone from a TV show, movie, book, etc.).Pick someone who exhibits a normal age-related memory issue (not as a consequence of any disorder).

Think of an older adult (65+) whom you know (or someone from a TV show, movie, book, etc.).Pick someone who exhibits a normal age-related memory issue (not as a consequence of any disorder).

1- who is the older adult and his/her approximate age AND a memory problem or issues this older adult has. It could be something that s/he complains about OR something you observed. Do NOT use Alzheimer’s disease or other diseases.

2-Specify what type of memory or memory process this problem illustrates. Use the concepts we discussed in this week’s class that older adults have trouble with (e.g., source monitoring, inhibiting irrelevant information, central executive of working memory, episodic memory, encoding, strategy use, recall, etc.) you need to explain/define the relevant memory process.

For example, this problem [the older adult] has is related to [source monitoring] because [explanation of why/how].

3-What theory of aging and memory is this problem most relevant to? (Choose one of the three theories of normal age-related declines discussed in Chapter 12.) 

a( Processing speed theory/cognitive slowing

b( Inhibition theory

c( Decline in the strategic use of memory