PSY Section 9 Quiz
Selective optimization with compensation
. _____ theory describes how people can produce new resources and allocate them effectively to the tasks they want to master.
"use it or lose it"
The concept of _____ emphasizes that changes in cognitive activity patterns might result in disuse and consequent atrophy of cognitive skills.
menarche
A girl's first menstruation is called
semantic
A person's knowledge about the world is called _____ memory.
Integrity vs. despair
According to Erik Erikson, which of the following stages of development do individuals experience in late adulthood?
activity theory
As a minister, being conscientious about the welfare of her parishioners, Reverend Douglas creates many roles in her church for retired church members. Reverend Douglas appears to be applying:
True
Explicit memory is also called procedural memory.
selection, optimization, and compensation
Life-span developmentalist Paul Baltes and his colleagues believe that successful aging is related to three main factors:
True
Older adults especially perform well when decision making is not constrained by time pressures.
triarchic
Robert J. Sternberg's _____ theory links wisdom to both practical and academic intelligence.
True
Severe reductions in the production of dopamine have been linked with Parkinson's disease
mitochondrial; mitochondria
The _____ theory states that aging is due to the decay of _____ within the cells.
episodic
The retention of information about the when and where of life's happenings is called _____ memory.
selective attention
The term _____ refers to the ability to focus on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant to the task at hand while ignoring others that are irrelevant.
Reverse neurogenesis theory
Which of the following is NOT a biological theory explaining aging?
Comparison and categorization
Which of the following is NOT a component of cognitive pragmatics?
love
Which of the following is the positive resolution of the psychological conflict of intimacy vs. isolation?
They place a high value on emotional satisfaction
Why, according to the socioemotional selectivity theory, do older adults deliberately increase the time spent with close friends and family members?
both brain weight and brain volume decrease.
With age:
selective
Zack is having a conversation with his friend Ben in a crowded room. Despite the presence of many voices around him, Zack focuses on what Ben is saying. This is an example of _____.
Life expectancy
_____ is the number of years that the average person born in a particular year will probably live.
Implicit
_____ memory is memory without conscious recollection.
Working memory
_____, which is closely linked to short-term memory, is like a place for doing mental jobs and allows children and adults to manipulate and assemble information when making decisions, solving problems, and comprehending written and spoken language.
