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Direct linkFoos, Paul W.; Boone, David – Educational Gerontology, 2008
This study examined adult age differences on five tests of divergent thinking: associational fluency, expressional fluency, ideational fluency, word fluency, and consequences. Our hypothesis was that young adults ( M = 20.53, n = 60) would score higher than old adults (M = 72.10, n = 60) under standard timed test conditions, but old adults would…
Descriptors: Timed Tests, Young Adults, Age Differences, Thinking Skills
