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He spent a lot of the time panicking and getting confused and also making defense comments (trying to justify why he couldn't do it, or trying to blame the computer instead of his incompetence). He seemed partly embarrassed or something that he didn't know how to follow my directions so I think he was channeling his brain power into coming up with excuses why he couldn't do it instead of concentrating on the task at hand.

I think he suffers from an "expert" mindset. He is so old and has had a lot of job experience where people see him as a well-educated person, so he has convinced himself that he doesn't need to learn new things, and it can make someone feel vulnerable or dumb to admit that there's something they don't know how to do well, especially if they consider themselves to be really good in other aspects of their lives. So when he had to admit that he didn't understand very basic computer concepts, I think he was less interested in learning it and instead getting more emotional and concentrating on the debate and "face" aspect of the conversation.

I could be wrong though.