CHARACTERISTICS OF ADULTS AS LEARNERS AS COMPARED WITH YOUTH

1. Adults are older.

2. Adults have had more experience.

 3. Adults have needs which are more concrete and immediate than those of children.

4. Adults are used to being treated as mature persons and resent having teachers talk down to them.

5. A corollary of four is that adults enjoy having their talents and information made use of in a teaching situation.

6. Adult groups are likely to be more heterogeneous than youth groups.

7. Adults can learn as well as youth; although they may not perform some tasks as rapidly as youth.

Adults learn as well as young people.

Does aging have an effect on adult learning?

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The Correct Answer is C.
Contrary to popular opinion, IQ doesn’t decline remarkably with age.

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The Correct Answer is B.
Physical strength reaches a peak around the age of 30.

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The correct answer is A.
In youth there is a correlation between intelligence and speed in learning.  In adulthood, this is not true.

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The Correct Answer is A
Peak Performance in Hearing Occurs Before Age 15

Hearing

COMMON SENSE PRACTICE FOR MINIMIZING HEARING LOSS

COMMON SENSE PRACTICE FOR MINIMIZING HEARING LOSS

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The Correct answer is C.

Vision

Common Sense Practices For Minimizing Losses Associated With Age - Vision

8. Adults attend classes often with a mixed set of motives - educational, social, recreational - and sometimes out of an overdeveloped puritanical sense of duty.

9. Adults are sometimes fatigued when they attend classes.