Exam 24: Late Adulthood: Cognitive Development

Although many artists continue to create into late adulthood, those who do tend to believe that their work is of lower quality than when they were younger.

Which of the following happens to the brain during senescence?

Nelma is a healthy 70-year-old who would like to learn to play video games with her grandson. According to research on learning late in life, Nelma _____.

Stereotype threat can interfere with the cognitive abilities of the elderly.

Dementia is _____.

_____ are the part of the information-processing system that regulates the analysis and flow of information.

All the following are true about learning late in life EXCEPT that _____.

With age, which of the following occurs in the brain?

Storage mechanisms, retrieval strategies, selective attention, and problem solving are all considered _____.

You are concerned that your grandfather may be experiencing polypharmacy. What is polypharmacy, how can you recognize it, and what should be done about it?

Erik Erikson believes that late adulthood is a time to review one's life and build on one's resilience and strengths.

Which of the following terms would be ageist?

The elderly may perform better on ecologically valid tests than on standard tests of cognitive ability.

Len developed Alzheimer's disease well before the age of 60; early Alzheimer's disease is associated with a condition that Len was born with called _____.

According to Erik Erikson, which does NOT characterize self-actualization?

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration is MOST likely to occur before age 70.

_____ is a common condition, because many elderly people take many different prescription drugs.

Otto, age 81, just relayed a news story to his friends over coffee but cannot remember where he heard or read about the tale. Otto has _____.

Some dementias, including _____, begin with impaired motor control.

A challenge faced by researchers who want to see whether wisdom increases with age is that _____.