Deck 69: Middle Adulthood: Cognitive Development

Question 1

__________ is/are directed at the acquisition of factual knowledge, accumulated information, and basic skills.

A) Fluid intelligence
B) The Wechsler adult intelligence test
C) Crystallized intelligence
D) Performance assessments

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Research indicates that __________ begin/s to decline during the early adulthood years.

A) intelligence scores
B) crystallized intelligence
C) fluid intelligence
D) cognitive collapse

Answer 2

C

Question 3

__________ is active in problem solving and creative efforts.

A) Crystallized intelligence
B) Cognitive collapse
C) Fluid intelligence
D) Normality

Answer 3

C

Question 4

U.S. psychologist Lewis Terman adapted Binet's work for American usage, and created a widely used intelligence test referred to as the __________.

A) Seattle longitudinal study
B) Wechsler adult intelligence test
C) Stanford-Binet
D) Terman-Binet

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the three elements of intelligence, according to Binet?

A) Possessing equal levels of crystallized and fluid intelligence
B) Mental processes possessing direction
C) The ability to adapt by the use of tentative solutions
D) The ability to make judgments and to criticize solutions

Question 6

Binet defined __________ as the ability to do the things that others of the same age usually do.

A) performance
B) normality
C) crystallization
D) intelligence

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT considered a potent force in shaping cognitive functioning as a person's middle years progress?

A) The amount of knowledge an individual has accumulated during their lifetime
B) The accumulated consequences of an individual's bodily constitution
C) The environmental forces that have been active over the years
D) Personality factors such as a positive or negative outlook on life

Question 8

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised is designed to measure intelligence across the life span.

Question 9

Most healthy adults begin to demonstrate some decline in fluid intelligence during their 60s and 70s, but crystallized intelligence either remains stable or actually increases until well into the 70s.

Question 10

Researchers have always been able to quantify intelligence.

Question 11

Crystallized intelligence includes individual differences associated with family, school, and environmental opportunity.