Question 1

Research on age differences in wisdom shows that

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A)  there is little association between age and wisdom. 
B)  wisdom increases dramatically during old age. 
C)  there are few individual differences. 
D)  young adults cannot be wise. 
A)  there is little association between age and wisdom. 
B)  wisdom increases dramatically during old age. 
C)  there are few individual differences. 
D)  young adults cannot be wise.

Question 2

Research on emotion and thought processes has concluded that

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A)  younger adults tended to think at higher developmental levels when confronted with emotionally charged problems, such as unethical behavior at work. 
B)  middle-aged adults tended to think at lower developmental levels when confronted with emotionally charged problems, such as unethical behavior at work. 
C)  high-school students tended to think at the highest developmental levels when confronted with emotionally charged problems. 
D)  middle-aged adults tended to think at higher developmental levels when confronted with emotionally charged problems. 
A)  younger adults tended to think at higher developmental levels when confronted with emotionally charged problems, such as unethical behavior at work. 
B)  middle-aged adults tended to think at lower developmental levels when confronted with emotionally charged problems, such as unethical behavior at work. 
C)  high-school students tended to think at the highest developmental levels when confronted with emotionally charged problems. 
D)  middle-aged adults tended to think at higher developmental levels when confronted with emotionally charged problems.

Question 3

Project ACTIVE examined whether primary mental abilities could be trained. Which second-order ability is related to the abilities trained in ACTIVE?

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A)  Fluid intelligence 
B)  Crystallized intelligence 
C)  Short-term memory 
D)  Long-term memory 
A)  Fluid intelligence 
B)  Crystallized intelligence 
C)  Short-term memory 
D)  Long-term memory

Question 4

Crystallized and fluid intelligence are examples of primary mental abilities.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The results from Project ACTIVE indicate that declines in fluid abilities are

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A)  inevitable. 
B)  undefined. 
C)  reversible. 
D)  permanent. 
A)  inevitable. 
B)  undefined. 
C)  reversible. 
D)  permanent.

Question 6

Which approach to intelligence emphasizes scores on standardized tests?

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A)  Psychometric 
B)  Neofunctionalist 
C)  Cognitive 
D)  Applied 
A)  Psychometric 
B)  Neofunctionalist 
C)  Cognitive 
D)  Applied

Question 7

The fact that some aspects of intelligence seem to decline while other aspects show increases with age is reflected in which component of the life-span perspective?

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A)  Plasticity 
B)  Multidirectionality 
C)  Interindividual variability 
D)  Intraindividual consistency 
A)  Plasticity 
B)  Multidirectionality 
C)  Interindividual variability 
D)  Intraindividual consistency

Question 8

Do social and lifestyle variables have an impact on intellectual functioning? If so, in what way(s)?

Accepted Answer

Higher socioeconomic status, exposure to

Question 9

__________ is the gradual decline in cognitive function that occurs relatively near death.

Accepted Answer

A)  Vascular decline 
B)  Terminal decline 
C)  Primary decline 
D)  ACTIVE decline 
A)  Vascular decline 
B)  Terminal decline 
C)  Primary decline 
D)  ACTIVE decline

Question 10

The question "Which comes next in this series of letters: d f i m r x e?" is a test of

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A)  auditory organization. 
B)  visual organization. 
C)  crystallized intelligence. 
D)  fluid intelligence. 
A)  auditory organization. 
B)  visual organization. 
C)  crystallized intelligence. 
D)  fluid intelligence.

Question 11

Which of the following statements best describes expertise?

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A)  Expertise is due to a biological predisposition to excel in one area or another. 
B)  Expertise is negatively correlated with age. 
C)  People tend to become selective experts. 
D)  Someone who is an expert in one area is probably an expert in all areas of their life. 
A)  Expertise is due to a biological predisposition to excel in one area or another. 
B)  Expertise is negatively correlated with age. 
C)  People tend to become selective experts. 
D)  Someone who is an expert in one area is probably an expert in all areas of their life.

Question 12

Which theorist(s) proposed that the development of intelligence stems from the emergence of increasingly complex cognitive structures?

Accepted Answer

A)  Piaget 
B)  Blanchard-Fields 
C)  Jung and Haier 
D)  Baltes 
A)  Piaget 
B)  Blanchard-Fields 
C)  Jung and Haier 
D)  Baltes

Question 13

In Schaie's (2008) sequential research, the finding that, within a given cohort, some people show longitudinal decline in certain abilities, some people show stability, and yet others show increases in these same abilities speaks to the concept of

Accepted Answer

A)  acquisition of symbolic knowledge. 
B)  plasticity. 
C)  interindividual variability. 
D)  modification of underlying fluid intelligence abilities. 
A)  acquisition of symbolic knowledge. 
B)  plasticity. 
C)  interindividual variability. 
D)  modification of underlying fluid intelligence abilities.

Question 14

Wisdom is viewed as involving the following cognitive processes except

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A)  practical and social intelligence. 
B)  insight into the deeper meanings underlying a given situation. 
C)  constrained thinking. 
D)  awareness of the relative, uncertain, and paradoxical nature of problems. 
A)  practical and social intelligence. 
B)  insight into the deeper meanings underlying a given situation. 
C)  constrained thinking. 
D)  awareness of the relative, uncertain, and paradoxical nature of problems.

Question 15

The hierarchy of intelligence from the lowest to highest levels is

Accepted Answer

A)  test questions, tests, primary mental abilities, secondary mental abilities, third-order mental abilities, general intelligence. 
B)  primary mental abilities, secondary mental abilities, third-order mental abilities, general intelligence, test questions, tests. 
C)  primary mental abilities, secondary mental abilities, test questions, tests, third-order mental abilities, general intelligence. 
D)  primary mental abilities, test questions, tests, general intelligence, secondary mental abilities, third-order mental abilities. 
A)  test questions, tests, primary mental abilities, secondary mental abilities, third-order mental abilities, general intelligence. 
B)  primary mental abilities, secondary mental abilities, third-order mental abilities, general intelligence, test questions, tests. 
C)  primary mental abilities, secondary mental abilities, test questions, tests, third-order mental abilities, general intelligence. 
D)  primary mental abilities, test questions, tests, general intelligence, secondary mental abilities, third-order mental abilities.

Question 16

Changing how you study for algebra exams as compared with history exams would be an example of __________ in Piaget's theory.

Accepted Answer

A)  organization 
B)  operations 
C)  accommodation 
D)  assimilation 
A)  organization 
B)  operations 
C)  accommodation 
D)  assimilation

Question 17

Based on the research on fluid and crystallized intelligence, we know that

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A)  learning continues through adulthood. 
B)  learning gets easier through adulthood. 
C)  you can't teach an old dog new tricks. 
D)  learning in adulthood is tedious and should be avoided. 
A)  learning continues through adulthood. 
B)  learning gets easier through adulthood. 
C)  you can't teach an old dog new tricks. 
D)  learning in adulthood is tedious and should be avoided.

Question 18

Collin is frustrated because his dad will not tell him which way is the "correct" way to mow the lawn. Collin is demonstrating which aspect of formal operations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hypothetico-deductive thought 
B)  Multiple frameworks 
C)  Reality constraints 
D)  Single solution 
A)  Hypothetico-deductive thought 
B)  Multiple frameworks 
C)  Reality constraints 
D)  Single solution

Question 19

Traditional scientific reasoning is an example of which aspect of formal operations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hypothetico-deductive thought 
B)  Multiple frameworks 
C)  Reality constraints 
D)  Multiple solutions 
A)  Hypothetico-deductive thought 
B)  Multiple frameworks 
C)  Reality constraints 
D)  Multiple solutions

Question 20

Which of the following is not a characteristic of formal operations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hypothetico-deductive thought 
B)  Logical structure 
C)  Reality constraints 
D)  One solution 
A)  Hypothetico-deductive thought 
B)  Logical structure 
C)  Reality constraints 
D)  One solution

Research on age differences in wisdom shows that

Research on emotion and thought processes has concluded that

Project ACTIVE examined whether primary mental abilities could be trained. Which second-order ability is related to the abilities trained in ACTIVE?

Crystallized and fluid intelligence are examples of primary mental abilities.

The results from Project ACTIVE indicate that declines in fluid abilities are

Which approach to intelligence emphasizes scores on standardized tests?

The fact that some aspects of intelligence seem to decline while other aspects show increases with age is reflected in which component of the life-span perspective?

Do social and lifestyle variables have an impact on intellectual functioning? If so, in what way(s)?

__________ is the gradual decline in cognitive function that occurs relatively near death.

The question "Which comes next in this series of letters: d f i m r x e?" is a test of

Which of the following statements best describes expertise?

Which theorist(s) proposed that the development of intelligence stems from the emergence of increasingly complex cognitive structures?

In Schaie's (2008) sequential research, the finding that, within a given cohort, some people show longitudinal decline in certain abilities, some people show stability, and yet others show increases in these same abilities speaks to the concept of

Wisdom is viewed as involving the following cognitive processes except

The hierarchy of intelligence from the lowest to highest levels is

Changing how you study for algebra exams as compared with history exams would be an example of __________ in Piaget's theory.

Based on the research on fluid and crystallized intelligence, we know that

Collin is frustrated because his dad will not tell him which way is the "correct" way to mow the lawn. Collin is demonstrating which aspect of formal operations?

Traditional scientific reasoning is an example of which aspect of formal operations?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of formal operations?

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Exam 7: Intelligence, Reasoning, Creativity, and Wisdom

Research on age differences in wisdom shows that

Research on emotion and thought processes has concluded that

Project ACTIVE examined whether primary mental abilities could be trained. Which second-order ability is related to the abilities trained in ACTIVE?

Crystallized and fluid intelligence are examples of primary mental abilities.

The results from Project ACTIVE indicate that declines in fluid abilities are

Which approach to intelligence emphasizes scores on standardized tests?

The fact that some aspects of intelligence seem to decline while other aspects show increases with age is reflected in which component of the life-span perspective?

Do social and lifestyle variables have an impact on intellectual functioning? If so, in what way(s)?

__________ is the gradual decline in cognitive function that occurs relatively near death.

The question "Which comes next in this series of letters: d f i m r x e?" is a test of

Which of the following statements best describes expertise?

Which theorist(s) proposed that the development of intelligence stems from the emergence of increasingly complex cognitive structures?

In Schaie's (2008) sequential research, the finding that, within a given cohort, some people show longitudinal decline in certain abilities, some people show stability, and yet others show increases in these same abilities speaks to the concept of

Wisdom is viewed as involving the following cognitive processes except

The hierarchy of intelligence from the lowest to highest levels is

Changing how you study for algebra exams as compared with history exams would be an example of __________ in Piaget's theory.

Based on the research on fluid and crystallized intelligence, we know that

Collin is frustrated because his dad will not tell him which way is the "correct" way to mow the lawn. Collin is demonstrating which aspect of formal operations?

Traditional scientific reasoning is an example of which aspect of formal operations?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of formal operations?

Studying Adult Development and Aging

Neuroscience As a Basis for Adult Development

Physical Changes

Longevity, Health, and Functioning

Where People Live: Person-Environment Interactions

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Relationships

Work, Leisure, and Retirement

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