Abstract
Within the past couple of decades, there has been increased interest in everyday cognition, or how older adults address complex cognitive tasks in their everyday lives. This interest has been driven by both methodological and theoretical concerns. Methodologically, researchers who study everyday cognition emphasize external validity as opposed to laboratory-based researchers who emphasize internal validity (Puckett, Reese, & Pollina, 1993). Theoretically, researchers have argued that traditional laboratory-based tests of cognition do not adequately capture older adults’ cognitive functioning in everyday life because of the contextual richness of the environment and the frequency in which everyday tasks are faced (Denney &