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Question 1

What are the 3 interdependent processes Brandtsader (1999) proposed for control strategies?

Answer 1

Assimilative activities
Accomodations
Immunizing mechanisms

Question 2

Assimilative activities (Hint: What does it prevent)

Accomodations (Hint: What does it involve)

Answer 2

Prevent losses important to self-esteem

Involve readjusting one’s goals & aspirations

Question 3

Secondary control strategies (2) (Hint: What does it involve)

What’s the major function of this? (Hint: To __ or __)

Answer 3

Involve bringing yourself in line with the environment; Increases as we age

To minimize losses or expand levels of primary control

Question 4

Collaborative cognition (Hint: What results from this)

Answer 4

Cognitive performance that results from the interaction of 2 or more individuals, up to a whole society even

Question 5

What does research show about collaborative cognition? (Hint: What does it enhance)

Answer 5

Shows that it enhances adults’ performance on a variety of memory and problem-solving tasks