Exam 1: Studying Adult Development and Aging

A researcher decides to investigate whether there are any changes in people's IQ scores from early adulthood through late adulthood. The researcher (and others) begins with a sample of 21-year-olds and plans to follow this group until they are 80 years old. The type of research design she is planning to employ is called

Dr. Geri Atrics wants to survey people 21 and 90 years old to get their opinions concerning financial aid to college students. Which research design is Dr. Atrics most likely to use?

Which of the following cannot be an independent variable?

Intelligence and memory abilities are examples of your age.

Age changes are studied most effectively using a design.

Even if age is positively correlated with speed of processing, we cannot conclude that age "caused" this increase because

Loss of memory from Alzheimer's disease is a good example of

The "sexual revolution" in the 1960s is an example of a

The index of age that represents a person's intellectual, memory, or learning ability function is called

In research the term used to refer to a group of people who experienced the same event or were born during the same time period is called a(n)

Manipulation is a fundamental component of

Dr. Dee Vellop wants to know what will happen to the 1990, 1991, and 1992 classes of gerontology graduates during the decade following their graduation. Which research design will Dr. Vellop most likely use?

Four forces shape development. Which one of the following is not a developmental force?

Multidirectionality refers to

Testing peoples' fear of flying shortly following a major airplane crash might produce a(n)

When one cannot determine which of two or more effects is responsible for the observed behavior it is said to be .

Practice effects are a major problem with .

Most studies in adult development and aging research have been conducted on middle-class European Americans. This group of people represent the of the study.

Events are said to be most people. if they are important to the individual but do not happen to

Development is said to be when there is more than one path to successful aging.