Exam 21: Seciton 2: Adulthood: Cognitive Development

_____ coping is a method of dealing with a problem by ignoring, forgetting, or hiding it.

Expert chess players engage in _____ when they view the board as a whole rather than a configuration of game pieces.

The accumulation of facts and information that comes with experience and education is called _____ intelligence.

The ability to strategically use one's intellectual strengths to compensate for the declining abilities associated with age is called selective _____ with compensation.

A controversial idea is that nations with the most advanced economies and greatest national wealth are those that make best use of _____.

For many survivors of Hurricane Katrina, the _____ of many stressors led to physical and psychological difficulties.

Perhaps because they are intuitive, automatic, and strategic thinkers, experts are also more _____ in their thinking.

Some people respond to their stresses with _____ coping, believing that there is some divine purpose for the problem.

The gradual accumulation of biochemical stressors is called _____.