Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Older adults are more likely to forget an event-based task than a time-based task.
B)   Prospective memory declines with age.
C)   Decline of prospective memory depends on complex factors.
D)   Declines in prospective memory occur more in laboratory than real-life settings.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

After 1995,of the adults 65 and older in the workforce,those _____ rose substantially.

Accepted Answer

A)   who are retiring early
B)   engaging in volunteer work
C)   engaging in part-time work
D)   engaging in full-time workE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

Which of the following is a drug that is used in the treatment of Parkinson disease?

Accepted Answer

A)   ACE inhibitors
B)   Cholinerase inhibitors
C)   L-dopa
D)   SerotoninE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

What are some of the noncognitive factors that affect memory?

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Health,education,and socioeconomic statu...

Question 5

Which of the following is a term used to describe sustained attention?

Accepted Answer

A)   Executive functioning
B)   Transitivity
C)   Vigilance
D)   MultitaskingE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 6

According to research by Baltes and his colleagues,which of the following statements about wisdom is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)   Wisdom does not require experience,practice,or complex skills.
B)   Wisdom increases dramatically from midlife to late adulthood.
C)   Cognitive factors are better predictors of wisdom than personality-related factors.
D)   High levels of wisdom are rare.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

It is estimated that _____ of women 85 years and older are at risk for developing dementia.

Accepted Answer

A)   23 percent
B)   17 percent
C)   31 percent
D)   55 percentE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Identify the concept which emphasizes that changes in cognitive functioning may be linked more to distance from death or cognition-related pathology than to distance.

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

Which of the following is one of the BEST predictors of job performance in older adults?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cognitive ability
B)   Educational attainment
C)   Distaste for retirement/complexity of work
D)   Being married to a working spouseE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Older adults especially perform well when decision making:

Accepted Answer

A)   is not constrained by time pressures.
B)   does not hold any meaning for them.
C)   involves high risks.
D)   requires high perceptual speed.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

All of the following are risk factors associated with Alzheimer disease EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   cardiovascular disease.
B)   clinical depression.
C)   genetics.
D)   age.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A)   episodic; procedural
B)   procedural; semantic
C)   semantic; episodic
D)   explicit; implicitE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 13

What are the important factors influencing depression in older adults?

Accepted Answer

Among the most common predictors of depr...

Question 14

A person with _____ does not feel well,loses stamina easily,has a poor appetite,and is listless and unmotivated.

Accepted Answer

A)   obsessive compulsive disorder
B)   schizophrenia
C)   dementia
D)   major depressionE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 15

Which of the following changes in the brain has NOT been associated with Alzheimer disease?

Accepted Answer

A)   Shrinkage of the brain
B)   Formation of amyloid plaques
C)   A series of mini-strokes
D)   Formation of neurofibrillary tanglesE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Eighty-year-old Lucia has difficulty remembering to call her son every Sunday at noon.This is most likely due to a decline in her:

Accepted Answer

A)   perceptual speed.
B)   episodic memory.
C)   implicit memory.
D)   prospective memory.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

The most common predictors of depression in older adults include all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   poor health.
B)   lack of disability.
C)   low social support.
D)   death of a spouse or other loss events.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 18

_____ memory is memory without conscious recollection.

Accepted Answer

A)   Implicit
B)   Prospective
C)   Source
D)   ExplicitE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 19

Recent research indicates that the greater distractibility of older adults is associated with less effective functioning in neural networks running through the _____ of the brain,which are involved in cognitive control.

Accepted Answer

A)   occipital and temporal lobes
B)   frontal and parietal lobes
C)   cerebellum
D)   medullaE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

Phyllis Moen described seven paths that individuals in their sixties usually follow.Which of the following is NOT one of those paths?

Accepted Answer

A)   Some retire from career work and take up a new and different job.
B)   Some go to work for the first time after being homemakers.
C)   Some move to a disability status due to poor health.
D)   Some who are laid off define their status as "retirement".E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Exam 18: Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Which of the following is one of the BEST predictors of job performance in older adults?

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After 1995,of the adults 65 and older in the workforce,those _____ rose substantially.

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Recent research indicates that the greater distractibility of older adults is associated with less effective functioning in neural networks running through the _____ of the brain,which are involved in cognitive control.

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Eighty-year-old Lucia has difficulty remembering to call her son every Sunday at noon.This is most likely due to a decline in her:

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According to research by Baltes and his colleagues,which of the following statements about wisdom is TRUE?

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Phyllis Moen described seven paths that individuals in their sixties usually follow.Which of the following is NOT one of those paths?

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Which of the following is a term used to describe sustained attention?

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Identify the concept which emphasizes that changes in cognitive functioning may be linked more to distance from death or cognition-related pathology than to distance.

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It is estimated that _____ of women 85 years and older are at risk for developing dementia.

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All of the following are risk factors associated with Alzheimer disease EXCEPT:

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The most common predictors of depression in older adults include all of the following EXCEPT:

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

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What are some of the noncognitive factors that affect memory?

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