AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Crystallized intelligence tends to increase during adulthood while fluid intelligence tends to increase.

Detailed explanation-2: -Crystallized intelligence continues to grow throughout adulthood. Many aspects of fluid intelligence peak in adolescence and begin to decline progressively beginning around age 30 or 40.

Detailed explanation-3: -Effectively completing tasks involving language mechanics (such as vocabulary building) and general information, relies on one’s Crystallized Intelligence. Crystallized Intelligence rises gradually and remains stable throughout adulthood until it begins to decline after age 60 (Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields, 2006).

Detailed explanation-4: -Cognitive aging is a complex phenomenon, which comprises various cognitive skills, broadly categorized into fluid and crystallized intelligence. Crystallized intelligence (gc) tends to be maintained, as opposed to fluid intelligence (gf), which tends to decline rapidly with age.

Detailed explanation-5: -Scientists have long known that our ability to think quickly and recall information, also known as fluid intelligence, peaks around age 20 and then begins a slow decline.