When adults of varying ages were tested for their memory of a recently learned list of 24 words,the older adults demonstrated

A) no decline in either recall or recognition.
B) a decline in recognition but not in recall.
C) a decline in recall but not in recognition.
D) a decline in both recognition and recall.

Recognition

A measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test.

Recall

A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test.

Memory

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.