One Possible Explanation for the Finding That Older Experts at Some

Multiple Choice

One possible explanation for the finding that older experts at some task perform as well as younger experts even when many of the mental processes that are involved in that task do show deficits is that

A) effortful processes do not decline as much as automatic processes
B) older experts experience deficits but have found ways to compensate
C) experts have optimized their performance and optimization does not decline with age
D) younger experts are not really as "expert" as older experts