Deck 24: Seciton 4: Late Adulthood: Cognitive Development

Question 1

More women than men are diagnosed with neurological disorders.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Anthony couldn't remember whether he had learned about a news item from the newspaper, the television newscast, or from the Internet due to source amnesia.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Older people are more likely to use one hemisphere of the brain to solve problems.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The ability to multitask improves with age and experience, peaking in older adulthood.

Question 5

All areas of the brain shrink at the same rate.

Question 6

Dementia is an expected condition in the very aged population.

Question 7

Higher SES is associated with higher intellect in later adulthood.

Question 8

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

Question 9

Plaques and tangles in the brain characterize Alzheimer disease.

Question 10

Control processes depend on the prefrontal cortex.

Question 11

Cognitive impairment, more than physical weakness, increases the likelihood of falling.

Question 12

Inadequate control processes appears to explain many of the memory difficulties in the aged.

Question 13

Alzheimer disease that begins in middle age progresses more slowly than later-onset Alzheimer disease.

Question 14

The elderly may perform better on ecologically valid tests than on standard tests of cognitive ability.

Question 15

Negative stereotypes can interfere with the cognitive abilities of the elderly.

Question 16

Neurons continue to grow and dendrites continue to form in adulthood.

Question 17

The brain fills in incomplete sights and sounds that are missed due to sensory losses.

Question 18

Working memory improves with age.

Question 19

Alzheimer disease is always genetic in origin.

Question 20

It is ageist to call someone senile.

Question 21

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

Question 22

Learning is no longer possible when one becomes old-old.

Question 23

Some characteristics of self-actualization include a deep appreciation for nature or an engagement with artistic pursuits.

Question 24

Polypharmacy occurs when patients have their prescriptions filled at more than one pharmacy.

Question 25

Although many artists continue to create into late adulthood, those that do tend to believe that their work is of lower quality than when they were younger.

Question 26

Maslow believed that the elderly could live rich lives, but Erikson believed older adulthood was most often a time of weakness and isolation.

Question 27

Frontal lobe dementias are likely to occur prior to age 70.

Question 28

Erikson believed that late adulthood is a time to review one's life and build on one's resilience and strengths.

Question 29

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

Question 30

Research clearly indicates that wisdom rises with age.

Question 31

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

Question 32

Frontal lobe dementia can cause personality changes.

Question 33

Parkinson's disease begins with impaired thinking.

Question 34

Vascular dementia is caused by successive strokes that kill off parts of the brain.

Question 35

Dehydration can sometimes look like dementia.