Exam 24: Late Adulthood: Cognitive Development

The best strategy for preventing cognitive impairment is to engage in physical exercise.

The estimated number of U.S. residents living with a serious neurocognitive disorder is at around _____ million.

According to the Seattle Longitudinal Study, the cognitive decline of late adulthood is most evident in which of the following primary mental abilities?

Memory and retrieval strategies, selective attention, and rules or strategies for problem solving are _____ processes.

The most common reversible condition that is mistaken for neurological disorder is _____.

As the brain ages, thinking and reaction time get faster.

Define control processes, and explain how they change with age.

Brains of Alzheimer's disease victims display plaques, which are _____, and tangles, which are _____.

Describe the brain shrinkage that occurs in late adulthood. Which brain structures are most affected, and how does the shrinkage affect cognition?

The first TIA a person suffers serves as a warning that more strokes are likely to follow.

The most common form of frontotemporal lobar degeneration is _____ disease.

The most common form of frontotemporal NCD is _____.

The ability to hold information in memory for a moment before evaluating, calculating, and inferring its significance is known as "_____."

Vascular disease is caused by _____.

Delores, age 75, believes her memory is fading with age, and the anxiety this causes her actually diminishes her memory. This is an example of _____.

Which neurocognitive disorder is most likely to occur prior to age 70?

Alzheimer's disease is always genetic in origin.

Higher SES is associated with higher intellect in later adulthood.

Which of the following is an example of prospective memory?

Which of the following is most affected by brain shrinkage?