Exam 6: Basic Cognitive Functions: Information Processing, Attention, and Memory

Contrast the three major theoretical approaches to understanding age-related changes in attention.

The type of training MOST effective in the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) study conducted over 2 years with 2800 adults aged 65 - 94 involved which type of cognitive ability?

An older adult's ability to drive may be affected by which normal age-related changes in vision?

Making older adults conscious about their age during a memory test is likely to trigger the condition known as _____________ in which their performance actually becomes worse.

As pointed out in "Aging Today," compared to eating, fixing the radio, or adjusting the GPS while driving, cellphone use is ______ dangerous:

Using the "method of loci" to help older adults improve their memory involves which technique?

Virtual reality memory training, in which older adults simulated walking through various places, was found to benefit which type of cognitive ability?

The ______________ hypothesis proposes that older adults are disproportionately slower on tasks that are more difficult.

Provide a brief description of how working memory is affected by aging and summarize the neuropsychological data used to understand these effects.

Older adults who eat a diet that includes food rich in ____________ are likely to experience some cognitive benefits.

A psychological factor affecting the driving performance of older adults is:

Describe how the daily routines of older adults might be affected by changes in five aspects of memory functioning described in the chapter.

Older adults who have a low sense of memory controllability because they believe that memory decline is inevitable can also be thought of as high in:

The General Slowing Hypothesis proposes that older adults become slower primarily because of:

According to research on stereotype threat, when older adults are made to feel aware of their age in a memory study, they will:

The brain's default network, which processes internally-generated stimuli, includes which structure?

The effects of aging on working memory may be due to changes in which structure of the brain?

Transport Canada reports that, in 2011, the highest number of traffic fatalities were for drivers aged:

Research examining the relationship between memory and stress found that people who experience daily stresses, regardless of age, also are likely to:

The view known as _____________ theory proposes that older adults use different neural circuits depending on task demands to make up for the losses that they suffer elsewhere in the brain.