Exam 24: Late Adulthood: Cognitive Development

With age, the parts of the brain that shrink the most are the _____ and the hippocampus.

According to the most recent DSM (DSM-5), the appropriate term for the pathological loss of brain functioning is _____.

Tests for assessing neurocognitive disorders are _____.

The divide between what is sensed and what is not is known as the _____.

People who inherit one copy of _____ have about a 50/50 chance of developing Alzheimer's disease.

Depression in late adulthood is the most common reversible condition that is mistaken for major NCD.

_____ is the idea that cognition should be measured in terms of everyday tasks and circumstances.

The brain reduces an older person's awareness of sensory losses by _____.

In order for information to register in the memory, it must cross the _____, the divide between what is sensed and what is not sensed.

Explain the growth of new brain cells in the aging brain. How do new dendrites and neurons affect older adults' functioning?

Which of the following statements is characteristic of the memory of older adults?

When older people suspect that their memories are declining, _____ may cause further impairment.

According to the information-processing approach to cognition, which of the following is another term for the "sensing" stage of cognition?

Control processes depend on the _____, which shrinks with age.

Inadequate control processes appear to explain many of the memory difficulties in the elderly.

What is wisdom? Which characteristics make a person wise? Identify someone (living or dead) who you think has/had wisdom, and discuss why you think that person is/was wise.

Describe at least three ways in which creativity changes in late adulthood.

Eli underwent major surgery that required general anesthesia. Which neurocognitive complication, although rare, is possible as a result?

Control processes depend on the _____.

Erik Erikson's eighth stage is called "_____ versus despair."