Why Are Older Adults More Likely to Forget What Items

Multiple Choice

Why are older adults more likely to forget what items they wanted to buy at a grocery store (unless they write them down on a list and take it with them) than forget how to drive a car?

A) Perceptual speed declines with aging.
B) Implicit memory is less likely to be adversely affected by aging than explicit memory.
C) Source memory is more likely to decline with aging than prospective memory.
D) Explicit memory declines more rapidly with aging than implicit memory.