Exam 7: Language, problem-Solving, and Intelligence

Attraction effect- stem In research on the attraction effect in problem solving,the findings suggest that older adult consumers are less likely to be influenced by:

Reserve capacity The idea of reserve capacity in research on aging and intelligence is very similar to the concept of ____________ in the nervous system.

Perseveration Due to the tendency to engage in _______________,many older adults repeat the same words on tests of verbal fluency when they are asked to produce words that all begin with the same letter.

Pragmatics of intelligence The pragmatics of intelligence,in the Berlin Wisdom Paradigm,emphasizes which type of abilities?

Dialectical thinking and post-formal operations The term dialectical thinking applies most closely to which concept based on Piaget's theory?

Mental clutter The tendency to ramble may be especially likely to occur in the speech of older adults who experience "mental clutter," or an inability to:

Stages in problem-solving A technical repairperson is trying to determine the cause of a recent outage.The first step in the problem-solving is needed to repair the damage is for the repairperson to:

Elderspeak example- choice While checking in on an older adult patient whose husband is visiting her in the hospital,a nurse's aide finds them holding hands and kissing.The aide immediately laughs and says "That's so cute!" What is the aide's behavior referred to in the psychology of aging?

Previous experience and problem-solving As shown in research on decision-making,one advantage that older problem-solvers seems to possess involves their greater ability to make the most out of:

Mechanics of intelligence In the Berlin Wisdom Paradigm,working memory would be considered to represent the __________ of intelligence.

Personality and intelligence The SLS showed that people least likely to retain their intellectual abilities in later adulthood were low on the personality factor of:

Elderspeak example- stem Al Nino is a man in his 70s who is receiving rehabilitation following his recent hip surgery.Luckily his physical therapist avoids elderspeak because she refers to him as:

Executive functioning and driving Which executive functioning do you rely most heavily upon while driving?

Paralinguistic elements and compensation By interpreting the paralinguistic elements of speech,such as _________________,older adults can compensate for not hearing every word spoken to them in a conversation.

Male vs.female on multiple intelligences When rating their own and the other gender's intellectual abilities,men rated themselves as higher in:

Language and working memory Changes in which cognitive function may affect the ability of older adults to put words together,while speaking,into a sentence?

Communication predicament model According to the Communication _______________ Model,older adults become less cognitively capable when they are spoken to in a condescending manner.

Adult learners The majority of adults ages 60 and older in the U.S.reportedly take adult education courses because they seek:

PMAT vs.WAIS-IV Unlike the WAIS-IV,the PMAT also assesses an individual's:

Whitehall II findings The findings on executive function and lifestyle factors from Whitehall II showed that people whose abilities declined the most also tended to: