Exam 18: Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

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What is the term for a potential transitional state between cognitive changes of normal aging and very early stages of Alzheimer disease and other dementias?

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

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Question 22

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the cholinesterase inhibitor drugs used to treat Alzheimer disease?

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Question 23

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

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Question 24

Describe the status of semantic memory as individuals age.

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Question 25

Identify the type of memory that includes a person's fields of expertise,general academic knowledge of the sort learned in school,and "everyday knowledge" about the meanings of words,famous individuals,important places,and common things.

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Question 26

Identify the type of memory that helps in retention of information without conscious recollection,involving skills and routine procedures that are automatically performed.

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Question 27

Identify the concept which emphasizes that changes in cognitive functioning may be linked more to distance from death or cognition-related pathology than to distance.

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Question 28

Which of the following is a treatment for advanced Parkinson disease?

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Question 29

What is discourse? What are some of the changes in discourse that occur with aging?

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Question 30

What are some of the noncognitive factors that affect memory?

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Question 31

One study reported by Gillum and others revealed that religious attendance at least weekly compared with never was linked to a:

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Question 32

Who is most likely to abuse the elderly?

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Question 33

Briefly describe Alzheimer disease.

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Question 34

Mr.Dalton has been complaining of irregular and involuntary movement in the right part of his body.The doctors noticed that Mr.Dalton has been showing signs of slow movement and partial facial paralysis.The chronic and progressive nature of the illness was revealed in the pathological findings.Which of the following conditions does Mr.Dalton most likely suffer from?

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Question 35

What type of memory involves the ability to remember what one needs to do in the future?

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What is the term for a potential transitional state between cognitive changes of normal aging and very early stages of Alzheimer disease and other dementias?

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

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the cholinesterase inhibitor drugs used to treat Alzheimer disease?

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

Describe the status of semantic memory as individuals age.

Identify the type of memory that includes a person's fields of expertise,general academic knowledge of the sort learned in school,and "everyday knowledge" about the meanings of words,famous individuals,important places,and common things.

Identify the type of memory that helps in retention of information without conscious recollection,involving skills and routine procedures that are automatically performed.

Identify the concept which emphasizes that changes in cognitive functioning may be linked more to distance from death or cognition-related pathology than to distance.

Which of the following is a treatment for advanced Parkinson disease?

What is discourse? What are some of the changes in discourse that occur with aging?

What are some of the noncognitive factors that affect memory?

One study reported by Gillum and others revealed that religious attendance at least weekly compared with never was linked to a:

Who is most likely to abuse the elderly?

Briefly describe Alzheimer disease.

What type of memory involves the ability to remember what one needs to do in the future?

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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