Question 1

White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are never seen in the brains of healthy older adults.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Which of the following subtests from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) shows the greatest age-related decline in number of points earned?

Accepted Answer

A) Information 
B) Comprehension 
C) Digit symbol 
D) Vocabulary 
A) Information 
B) Comprehension 
C) Digit symbol 
D) Vocabulary C

Question 3

In general,cross-sectional studies of age and WAIS scores find _____ age-related decline compared to longitudinal studies of age and WAIS scores.

Accepted Answer

A) a greater amount of 
B) an equal amount of 
C) a smaller amount of 
A) a greater amount of 
B) an equal amount of 
C) a smaller amount of A

Question 4

Which of the following WAIS subtests is age-sensitive?

Accepted Answer

A) Comprehension 
B) Vocabulary 
C) Information 
D) Block design 
A) Comprehension 
B) Vocabulary 
C) Information 
D) Block design

Question 5

In general,there is _______ variation among older adults than there is among young adults on tests of intellectual ability.

Accepted Answer

A) greater 
B) the same amount of 
C) less 
A) greater 
B) the same amount of 
C) less

Question 6

Participating in complex leisure activities _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) leads to fatigue 
B) is associated with a higher level of intellectual functioning 
C) has no relationship with level of intellectual functioning 
D) is guaranteed to prevent cognitive decline in older adulthood 
A) leads to fatigue 
B) is associated with a higher level of intellectual functioning 
C) has no relationship with level of intellectual functioning 
D) is guaranteed to prevent cognitive decline in older adulthood

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a factor on Thurstone's Primary Mental Abilities (PMA) test?

Accepted Answer

A) Verbal meaning 
B) Word fluency 
C) Spatial orientation 
D) Calculus 
A) Verbal meaning 
B) Word fluency 
C) Spatial orientation 
D) Calculus

Question 8

Naming another person to make decisions concerning living arrangements,health care,and provision of all other basic needs is called _________.

Accepted Answer

A) legal guardianship 
B) legal bonding 
C) legal conservatorship 
D) legal partnership 
A) legal guardianship 
B) legal bonding 
C) legal conservatorship 
D) legal partnership

Question 9

In 2010,a group of 20-year-old individuals take a test of spatial ability.We already have the scores earned by a group of 20-year-old individuals who took the same spatial abilities test 30 years earlier in the year 1980.If the 20-year-olds who took the test in 2010- earn higher scores than the 20-year-olds who took the test in 1980,we can say that there is ______________.

Accepted Answer

A) a swan-song phenomenon for spatial ability 
B) a positive cohort trend for spatial ability 
C) no valid way to measure spatial ability 
D) no cross-sectional age finding 
A) a swan-song phenomenon for spatial ability 
B) a positive cohort trend for spatial ability 
C) no valid way to measure spatial ability 
D) no cross-sectional age finding

Question 10

Researchers have studied the relationship between older adults' psychometric test scores and their ability to perform instrumental activities of daily living (IADL).In general,what have they found?

Accepted Answer

Researchers have found a positive relati

Question 11

When we say there is a negative cohort trend,we mean that individuals in the present-day young adult cohort have less ability than did individuals in the older cohort had when they were young.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Psychometric intelligence tests were not used for adults until 1980.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

With encapsulation,__________________.

Accepted Answer

A) knowledge within a specific domain of expertise becomes easier to use 
B) knowledge outside specific domains of expertise is used more efficiently 
C) old knowledge is constantly being replaced by new information 
D) people are unable to learn anything new 
A) knowledge within a specific domain of expertise becomes easier to use 
B) knowledge outside specific domains of expertise is used more efficiently 
C) old knowledge is constantly being replaced by new information 
D) people are unable to learn anything new

Question 14

What is meant by the classic aging pattern that is found on psychometric tests such as the WAIS?

Accepted Answer

The classic aging pattern is the typical

Question 15

Explain how actual scores in a test such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) are related to the IQ a test taker receives on this test.

Accepted Answer

Individuals who take a test such as the

Question 16

Fluid intelligence is related to ________,whereas crystallized intelligence is related to _______.

Accepted Answer

A) the integrity of the central nervous system; education and experience 
B) education and experience; innate ability and underlying brain processes 
C) social and cultural influences; "raw" intelligence 
D) the ability to use what one already knows; the ability to process novel information 
A) the integrity of the central nervous system; education and experience 
B) education and experience; innate ability and underlying brain processes 
C) social and cultural influences; "raw" intelligence 
D) the ability to use what one already knows; the ability to process novel information

Question 17

Which of the following is most accurate about Denney's concept of optimally exercised and unexercised abilities?

Accepted Answer

A) At all ages,optimally exercised abilities are superior to unexercised abilities. 
B) Both kinds of abilities reach a peak in late adolescence or young adulthood. 
C) Optimally exercised abilities retain their superiority over unexercised abilities even in older adulthood. 
D) All of the above 
A) At all ages,optimally exercised abilities are superior to unexercised abilities. 
B) Both kinds of abilities reach a peak in late adolescence or young adulthood. 
C) Optimally exercised abilities retain their superiority over unexercised abilities even in older adulthood. 
D) All of the above

Question 18

A man of 20 and a man of 70 obtain the same number of points on the WAIS performance subtests (digit symbol,block design,and so on).In this case,the Performance IQ of the 70-year-old will be ________ the Performance IQ of the 20-year-old.

Accepted Answer

A) higher than 
B) the same as 
C) lower than 
A) higher than 
B) the same as 
C) lower than

Question 19

Salthouse demonstrated that older faculty members at a university get better scores than younger faculty members do on all types of psychometric ability tests.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to the dedifferentiation hypothesis,in late older adulthood crystallized abilities are not preserved better than fluid abilities,as they were earlier.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are never seen in the brains of healthy older adults.

Which of the following subtests from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) shows the greatest age-related decline in number of points earned?

In general,cross-sectional studies of age and WAIS scores find _____ age-related decline compared to longitudinal studies of age and WAIS scores.

Which of the following WAIS subtests is age-sensitive?

In general,there is _______ variation among older adults than there is among young adults on tests of intellectual ability.

Participating in complex leisure activities _____________.

Which of the following is NOT a factor on Thurstone's Primary Mental Abilities (PMA) test?

Naming another person to make decisions concerning living arrangements,health care,and provision of all other basic needs is called _________.

Researchers have studied the relationship between older adults' psychometric test scores and their ability to perform instrumental activities of daily living (IADL).In general,what have they found?

When we say there is a negative cohort trend,we mean that individuals in the present-day young adult cohort have less ability than did individuals in the older cohort had when they were young.

Psychometric intelligence tests were not used for adults until 1980.

With encapsulation,__________________.

What is meant by the classic aging pattern that is found on psychometric tests such as the WAIS?

Explain how actual scores in a test such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) are related to the IQ a test taker receives on this test.

Fluid intelligence is related to __,whereas crystallized intelligence is related to _.

Which of the following is most accurate about Denney's concept of optimally exercised and unexercised abilities?

A man of 20 and a man of 70 obtain the same number of points on the WAIS performance subtests (digit symbol,block design,and so on).In this case,the Performance IQ of the 70-year-old will be ________ the Performance IQ of the 20-year-old.

Salthouse demonstrated that older faculty members at a university get better scores than younger faculty members do on all types of psychometric ability tests.

According to the dedifferentiation hypothesis,in late older adulthood crystallized abilities are not preserved better than fluid abilities,as they were earlier.

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Theory and Method in Studying Aging and Older Adulthood

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Sensation, Perception, and Attention

Memory

Cognition and Problem Solving in the Everyday World

Personality and Coping

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Exam 6: Intellectual Functioning

White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are never seen in the brains of healthy older adults.

Which of the following subtests from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) shows the greatest age-related decline in number of points earned?

In general,cross-sectional studies of age and WAIS scores find _____ age-related decline compared to longitudinal studies of age and WAIS scores.

Which of the following WAIS subtests is age-sensitive?

In general,there is _______ variation among older adults than there is among young adults on tests of intellectual ability.

Participating in complex leisure activities _____________.

Which of the following is NOT a factor on Thurstone's Primary Mental Abilities (PMA) test?

Naming another person to make decisions concerning living arrangements,health care,and provision of all other basic needs is called _________.

Researchers have studied the relationship between older adults' psychometric test scores and their ability to perform instrumental activities of daily living (IADL).In general,what have they found?

When we say there is a negative cohort trend,we mean that individuals in the present-day young adult cohort have less ability than did individuals in the older cohort had when they were young.

Psychometric intelligence tests were not used for adults until 1980.

With encapsulation,__________________.

What is meant by the classic aging pattern that is found on psychometric tests such as the WAIS?

Explain how actual scores in a test such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) are related to the IQ a test taker receives on this test.

Fluid intelligence is related to ________,whereas crystallized intelligence is related to _______.

Which of the following is most accurate about Denney's concept of optimally exercised and unexercised abilities?

A man of 20 and a man of 70 obtain the same number of points on the WAIS performance subtests (digit symbol,block design,and so on).In this case,the Performance IQ of the 70-year-old will be ________ the Performance IQ of the 20-year-old.

Salthouse demonstrated that older faculty members at a university get better scores than younger faculty members do on all types of psychometric ability tests.

According to the dedifferentiation hypothesis,in late older adulthood crystallized abilities are not preserved better than fluid abilities,as they were earlier.

Introduction to Aging and Older Adulthood

Theory and Method in Studying Aging and Older Adulthood

Biological Aging and Health

Sensation, Perception, and Attention

Memory

Cognition and Problem Solving in the Everyday World

Personality and Coping

Social Interaction and Social Ties

Employment, Retirement, and Living Arrangements

Mental Health, Psychopathology, and Therapy

Coping With Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Looking Ahead: Aging in the Future

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Fluid intelligence is related to __,whereas crystallized intelligence is related to _.