The following excerpt is taken directly from the article: Bieman-Copeland, S., &

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The following excerpt is taken directly from the article:

Bieman-Copeland, S., & Ryan, E. (2001). Social perceptions of failures in memory monitoring.

Psychology and Aging, 16, 357-361. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.16.2.357

"Although age-related changes in specific cognitive skills such as memory monitoring do occur, there is a tendency to overgeneralize the meaning of such cognitive failures."

Which of the following would be considered plagiarism of the excerpt listed above?

a) There is a tendency to overgeneralize the meaning of cognitive failures when age-related changes in specific cognitive skills such as memory monitoring occur.

b) Although age-related changes in specific cognitive skills such as memory monitoring do occur, there is a tendency to overgeneralize the meaning of such cognitive failures."

c) Changes in certain cognitive skills may occur as a person ages and the meaning of such changes are often oversimplified (Bieman-Copeland & Ryan, 2001).

Explanation / Answer

b)Although age-related changes in specific cognitive skills such as memory monitoring do occur, there is a tendency to overgeneralize the meaning of such cognitive failures."

Because, this statement is purely copied from the previous line and it doens't even provie any appropriate citation for the source. Even the option a) can be seen as a plagirism but between the two options, b) looks more appropriate because a) consist of only part of the sentence while b)consisit the whole sentence.

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