Exam 3: Cognitive Development Across Adulthood

What is the definition of cognition?

The study conducted by Shaie suggested that how much age decreases in intelligence varied were related to the type of ability examined and cohort membership.

In the context of long-term memory, registration best refers to ______.

When completing a forward digit span task, the typical older adult can hold about five digits in their working memory. This is referred to as ______.

Arguably the most important finding from Schaie's study of adult intelligence is that ______.

What is the difference between crystallized and fluid abilities?

Memory storage is not typically encoded in a hierarchical pattern.

The organized, systematic, and acculturated learning provided by society refers to ______.

Research has suggested that younger adults are better at ______.

Perceptual speed can be measured by ______.

Describe the psychometric approach to studying cognition.

Information in sensory memory decays rapidly within ______ s.

Those who subscribe to an information processing perspective do not focus on component processes.

Compare and contrast crystalized and fluid ability.

Dementia is a part of the normal aging process.

Describe some of the major findings from the Seattle Longitudinal Study.

In regard to cognitive aging, typical declines are most pronounced in older adulthood and very late in life.

People who know more may actually appear to have a worse memory. This is because ______.

When completing a digit span task, the typical young adult can hold ______ digits in their working memory.

Because IQ is standardized, we would expect that the majority of people would have an IQ score between ______.