Question 1

Identify the leading expert who described seven major pathways that adults in their sixties take to retirement.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify the leading expert who described seven...

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a risk factor for depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  Overlooking insomnia 
B)  Increase in social support 
C)  Increase in self-critical thinking 
D)  Curtailment of daily activities 
A)  Overlooking insomnia 
B)  Increase in social support 
C)  Increase in self-critical thinking 
D)  Curtailment of daily activities

Question 3

Which of the following is the main treatment for Parkinson in the earlier stages?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dopamine agonists 
B)  L-dopa 
C)  Cholinerase inhibitors 
D)  Acetylcholine 
A)  Dopamine agonists 
B)  L-dopa 
C)  Cholinerase inhibitors 
D)  Acetylcholine

Question 4

Which of the following statements about older workers is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Older workers have more accidents than younger workers. 
B)  Older workers have higher rates of absenteeism than younger workers. 
C)  Older workers are of considerably less value to a company than younger workers. 
D)  Older workers experience more job satisfaction than younger workers. 
A)  Older workers have more accidents than younger workers. 
B)  Older workers have higher rates of absenteeism than younger workers. 
C)  Older workers are of considerably less value to a company than younger workers. 
D)  Older workers experience more job satisfaction than younger workers.

Question 5

Identify the language problem in which individuals have difficulty retrieving information from memory,even though they are confident that they can do so.

Accepted Answer

Tip-of-the

Question 6

Older adults have more difficulty determining the time required to step on the brakes when a traffic light suddenly turns red.This is because they have:

Accepted Answer

A)  a decline in explicit memory. 
B)  slower perceptual speed. 
C)  inferior semantic memory. 
D)  lost the ability to use their episodic memory. 
A)  a decline in explicit memory. 
B)  slower perceptual speed. 
C)  inferior semantic memory. 
D)  lost the ability to use their episodic memory.

Question 7

A recent study reported by Lachman and others revealed that older adults with less education had _____ than those with more education.

Accepted Answer

A)  lower interpersonal skills 
B)  lower cognitive abilities 
C)  higher incidence of mental disorders 
D)  higher distractibility 
A)  lower interpersonal skills 
B)  lower cognitive abilities 
C)  higher incidence of mental disorders 
D)  higher distractibility

Question 8

_____ is expert knowledge about the practical aspects of life that permits practical judgment about important matters.

Accepted Answer

A)  Enlightenment 
B)  Wisdom 
C)  Proficiency 
D)  Competence 
A)  Enlightenment 
B)  Wisdom 
C)  Proficiency 
D)  Competence

Question 9

_____ refer to services that provide temporary relief for those who are caring for individuals with disabilities,illnesses,or the elderly.

Accepted Answer

A)  Respite care 
B)  Hospice care 
C)  Palliative care 
D)  Home health care 
A)  Respite care 
B)  Hospice care 
C)  Palliative care 
D)  Home health care

Question 10

_____ is a cognitive resource that involves the ability to perform tasks such as deciding whether pairs of two-digit or two-letter strings are the same or different or determining the time required to step on the brakes when the car directly ahead stops.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sustained attention 
B)  Executive attention 
C)  Episodic memory 
D)  Perceptual speed 
A)  Sustained attention 
B)  Executive attention 
C)  Episodic memory 
D)  Perceptual speed

Question 11

Describe the status of semantic memory as individuals age.

Accepted Answer

Researchers often assess semantic memory

Question 12

Discuss three types of attention.

Accepted Answer

(a)Selective attention is focusing on a

Question 13

Which of the following is the probable reason for the decline in working memory in older adults?

Accepted Answer

A)  Increased distractibility 
B)  Efficient inhibition 
C)  Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon 
D)  Lowered implicit memory 
A)  Increased distractibility 
B)  Efficient inhibition 
C)  Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon 
D)  Lowered implicit memory

Question 14

Identify a type of dementia that is characterized by muscle tremors,a gradual slowing of movement,and partial facial paralysis.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify a type of dementia that is...

Question 15

Which of the following concepts have distinctions similar to the ones between cognitive mechanics and cognitive pragmatics?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gross motor skills and fine motor skills 
B)  Fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence 
C)  Physiological control and psychological control 
D)  Generativity and stagnation 
A)  Gross motor skills and fine motor skills 
B)  Fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence 
C)  Physiological control and psychological control 
D)  Generativity and stagnation

Question 16

Which of the following statements about cognitive mechanics and cognitive pragmatics is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Educational qualifications and professional skills are components of cognitive pragmatics. 
B)  Cognitive mechanics improves in late adulthood. 
C)  Decline in cognitive pragmatics may begin as soon as early midlife. 
D)  Knowledge about the self and life skills that help people to master or cope with life are components of cognitive mechanics. 
A)  Educational qualifications and professional skills are components of cognitive pragmatics. 
B)  Cognitive mechanics improves in late adulthood. 
C)  Decline in cognitive pragmatics may begin as soon as early midlife. 
D)  Knowledge about the self and life skills that help people to master or cope with life are components of cognitive mechanics.

Question 17

_____ is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for Alzheimer disease.

Accepted Answer

A)  Mild cognitive impairment 
B)  Low cholesterol 
C)  Major depression 
D)  Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon 
A)  Mild cognitive impairment 
B)  Low cholesterol 
C)  Major depression 
D)  Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

Question 18

In his studies on wisdom,Paul Baltes has found all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  wisdom is correlated with cognitive factors such as intelligence. 
B)  wisdom is associated with creativity and openness to experience. 
C)  higher levels of wisdom is achieved through certain life experiences,such as being trained and working in a field concerned with difficult life problems. 
D)  having wisdom-enhancing mentors contribute to higher levels of wisdom. 
A)  wisdom is correlated with cognitive factors such as intelligence. 
B)  wisdom is associated with creativity and openness to experience. 
C)  higher levels of wisdom is achieved through certain life experiences,such as being trained and working in a field concerned with difficult life problems. 
D)  having wisdom-enhancing mentors contribute to higher levels of wisdom.

Question 19

It is estimated that _____ of men 85 years and older are at risk for developing dementia.

Accepted Answer

A)  23 percent 
B)  55 percent 
C)  31 percent 
D)  17 percent 
A)  23 percent 
B)  55 percent 
C)  31 percent 
D)  17 percent

Question 20

Explicit memory is also called _____ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  collective 
B)  procedural 
C)  declarative 
D)  false 
A)  collective 
B)  procedural 
C)  declarative 
D)  false

Identify the leading expert who described seven major pathways that adults in their sixties take to retirement.

Which of the following is NOT a risk factor for depression?

Which of the following is the main treatment for Parkinson in the earlier stages?

Which of the following statements about older workers is true?

Identify the language problem in which individuals have difficulty retrieving information from memory,even though they are confident that they can do so.

Older adults have more difficulty determining the time required to step on the brakes when a traffic light suddenly turns red.This is because they have:

A recent study reported by Lachman and others revealed that older adults with less education had _____ than those with more education.

_____ is expert knowledge about the practical aspects of life that permits practical judgment about important matters.

_____ refer to services that provide temporary relief for those who are caring for individuals with disabilities,illnesses,or the elderly.

_____ is a cognitive resource that involves the ability to perform tasks such as deciding whether pairs of two-digit or two-letter strings are the same or different or determining the time required to step on the brakes when the car directly ahead stops.

Describe the status of semantic memory as individuals age.

Discuss three types of attention.

Which of the following is the probable reason for the decline in working memory in older adults?

Identify a type of dementia that is characterized by muscle tremors,a gradual slowing of movement,and partial facial paralysis.

Which of the following concepts have distinctions similar to the ones between cognitive mechanics and cognitive pragmatics?

Which of the following statements about cognitive mechanics and cognitive pragmatics is true?

_____ is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for Alzheimer disease.

In his studies on wisdom,Paul Baltes has found all of the following EXCEPT:

It is estimated that _____ of men 85 years and older are at risk for developing dementia.

Explicit memory is also called _____ memory.

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Prenatal Development and Birth

Physical Development in Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical Development in Late Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood

Death,Dying,and Grieving

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Exam 18: Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Identify the leading expert who described seven major pathways that adults in their sixties take to retirement.

Which of the following is NOT a risk factor for depression?

Which of the following is the main treatment for Parkinson in the earlier stages?

Which of the following statements about older workers is true?

Identify the language problem in which individuals have difficulty retrieving information from memory,even though they are confident that they can do so.

Older adults have more difficulty determining the time required to step on the brakes when a traffic light suddenly turns red.This is because they have:

A recent study reported by Lachman and others revealed that older adults with less education had _____ than those with more education.

_____ is expert knowledge about the practical aspects of life that permits practical judgment about important matters.

_____ refer to services that provide temporary relief for those who are caring for individuals with disabilities,illnesses,or the elderly.

_____ is a cognitive resource that involves the ability to perform tasks such as deciding whether pairs of two-digit or two-letter strings are the same or different or determining the time required to step on the brakes when the car directly ahead stops.

Describe the status of semantic memory as individuals age.

Discuss three types of attention.

Which of the following is the probable reason for the decline in working memory in older adults?

Identify a type of dementia that is characterized by muscle tremors,a gradual slowing of movement,and partial facial paralysis.

Which of the following concepts have distinctions similar to the ones between cognitive mechanics and cognitive pragmatics?

Which of the following statements about cognitive mechanics and cognitive pragmatics is true?

_____ is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for Alzheimer disease.

In his studies on wisdom,Paul Baltes has found all of the following EXCEPT:

It is estimated that _____ of men 85 years and older are at risk for developing dementia.

Explicit memory is also called _____ memory.

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Prenatal Development and Birth

Physical Development in Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical Development in Late Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood

Death,Dying,and Grieving

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