HDFS 363: Module 8 - Older Adulthood: Cognitive Development

Which of the following statements about retirement is true?

Higher levels of financial resources and job satisfaction were positively linked to mens psychological well-being in retirement.

Perceptual speed shows considerable decline in late older adulthood and is strongly linked with declines in:

Working memory

Remembering where a person went on vacation last summer is an example of _____ memory.

episodic

Which of the following statements about the relation between semantic memory and aging is true?

episodic memory declines more than semantic memory in older adults

Adults with Down Syndrome are thought to have a risk for Alzheimer's disease because:

it is NOT: they do not produce acetylcholine I think it is: they have an extra copy of chromosome 21

As a result of normative aging. which of the following is NOT likely to deteriorate?

language comprehension

Cognitive _____ declines in old age, whereas cognitive _____ appears to remain constant or improve.

mechanics; pragmatics

Which of the following is TRUE of memory and aging?

memory declines occur primarily in explicit, episodic, and working memory

Which of the following statements about prospective memory is NOT true?

older adults are more likely to forget an event-based task than a time-based task

Which of the following statements about older workers is true?

older workers experience more job satisfaction than younger workers

Which of the following is an example of explicit memory?

Zhang Wei summarizes a plot of a novel that he just read to friend

Which of the following is the probable reason of decline in working memory in older adults?

Increased distractibility

Which of the following is true about implicit memory?

It involves skills and routine procedures that are automatically performed

Although Alicia has a great memory for trivia, she has difficulty remembering important events in her life. Alicia has good _____ memory but poor _____ memory.

Semantic; episodic

Venette recounts a funny story that she had recently heard to her friend Clarice. Clarice tells her that she has heard the story before, and, in fact, she had been the one to originally tell the story to Venette. From the scenario, it can be said that Venette has poor _____ memory.

Source

Alzheimer's disease involves a deficiency in an important brain messenger chemical:

acetylcholine

The greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease is:

age

Which of the following is a hallmark early neuropathological signature of Alzheimer's disease

amyloid-beta plaques

Which of the following factors is most likely to contribute to decline in fluid mechanics in late adulthood.

decline in processing speed

____ is the global term for any neurological disorder in which the primary symptoms involve deterioration of cognitive functioning

dementia

An example of ____ attention is making a decision about which stimuli to attend to when making a left turn at an intersection.

selective

Frank, age 71 years, provides an overview on the politics that led to World War II, much to the amazement of his grandchildren. This is an example of Franks ____ memory

semantic

Which of the following is true about attention?

when the two competing task are easy, age differences among adults are minimal or nonexistent.

In his studies on wisdom, Paul Baltes has found all of the following EXCEPT:

wisdom is correlated with cognitive factors such as intelligence

Why are older adults more likely to forget what items they wanted to buy at a grocery store (unless they write them down) than they are to forget how to drive a car?

Implicit memory is less likely to be adversely affected by aged than explicit memory