Judy L. Rau

Date of Award

6-1990

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

First Advisor

Dr. Michael J. Clark

Second Advisor

Dr. Nickola Nelson

Third Advisor

Dr. James Hillenbrand

Fourth Advisor

Mrs. Sandra Glista

Access Setting

Masters Thesis-Open Access

Abstract

This study examined the analogical processing skills of elderly adults. Forty-seven subjects (ages 65-90) completed analogy tasks presented in three modalities: words, pictures, and geometric figures (90 total). The subjects for this study were elderly adults living independently in a federally subsidized apartment building. The subjects used in this study possessed characteristics similar to the "typical" American adult. Results indicated that performance does not vary significantly with age in the word and picture modalities. Significant (p < .05) negative relationships were found between performance on the geometric figure analogies and increased age and between overall performance and increased age. Significant (p < .05) positive relationships were found between education and performance on each of the three modalities as well as between education and overall performance.

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