Exam 69: Middle Adulthood: Cognitive Development

Binet defined __________ as the ability to do the things that others of the same age usually do.

Researchers have always been able to quantify intelligence.

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised is designed to measure intelligence across the life span.

__________ is/are directed at the acquisition of factual knowledge, accumulated information, and basic skills.

__________ is active in problem solving and creative efforts.

Which of the following is NOT considered a potent force in shaping cognitive functioning as a person's middle years progress?

Which of the following is NOT one of the three elements of intelligence, according to Binet?

Most healthy adults begin to demonstrate some decline in fluid intelligence during their 60s and 70s, but crystallized intelligence either remains stable or actually increases until well into the 70s.

Research indicates that __________ begin/s to decline during the early adulthood years.

Crystallized intelligence includes individual differences associated with family, school, and environmental opportunity.

U.S. psychologist Lewis Terman adapted Binet's work for American usage, and created a widely used intelligence test referred to as the __________.