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ASU Chapter 18: Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood Flashcards

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
Hardware of the mind, reflecting the neurophysical architecture of the brain.

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Cognitive Mechanics

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
Culture-based software programs of the mind that include reading and writing skills, language comprehension, professional skill and types of knowledge that help to master/cope with life.

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Cognitive Pragmatics

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
A type of attention wherein one focuses on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant while ignoring others.

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Selective Attention

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
A type of attention wherein one concentrates on more than one activity at the same time.

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Divided Attention

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
A type of attention wherein there is a focused and extended engagement with an aspect of the environment.

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Sustained Attention

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
A type of attention wherein it involves aspects of thinkingg that include planning actions, allocating attention to goals, detecting and compensating for errors, monitoring progress on tasks, and dealing with novel or difficult circumstances.

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Executive Attention

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
A type of memory characterized by facts and experiences that individuals consciously know and can state, declining as a person ages.

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Explicit Memory

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
A type of memory characterized by a retention of information about the where and when of life’s happenings.

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Episodic Memory

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
A type of memory characterized by a person’s knowledge about the world.

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Semantic Memory

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
A type of memory characterized by an unconscious recollection of skills and routine procedures that are automatically performed. It is less likely to be adversely affected by aging.

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Implicit Memory

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
A type of memory attributing to one’s ability to remember where one learned something.

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Source Memory

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
The 2 cognitive resource mechanisms that decline as a person ages are…?

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  • Working memory
  • Perceptual speed
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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
A type of memory wherein one is remembering to do something in the future.

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Prospective Memory

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
TRUE or FALSE: Decision making is preserved rather well in older adults.

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TRUE

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
Expert knowledge about the practical aspects of life that permits excellent judgement about important matters.

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Wisdom

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
________-_____ factors are better predictors of wisdom than cognitive factors.

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Personality-related Factors

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
When is the main age window for wisdom to emerge?

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Late Adolescence to Early Adulthood

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
A health decline best described as slow and steady.

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Terminal Decline

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
This kind of exercise reduces cognitive decline and lowers the likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s Disease.

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Mental Exercise

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COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS:
A scientific discipline that studies links between the brain and cognitive functioning.

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Cognitive Neuroscience

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WORK AND RETIREMENT:
TRUE or FALSE: Less adults are rejecting work, opting to retire early instead.

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FALSE, an increasing number of adults are beginning to reject the early retirement option.

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WORK AND RETIREMENT:
__% of those in their 60s and __% of those in their 70s are still working.

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33% | 11%

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MENTAL HEALTH:
A mood disorder in which the individual is deeply unhappy, demoralized, slf-derogatory, and bored. It is less common among older adults than younger adults.

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Major Depression

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MENTAL HEALTH:
A neurological disorder in which primary syptoms involve a deterioration of mental functioning.

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Dementia

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MENTAL HEALTH:
__% of women and __% of men 85 years and older are at risk for developing Dementia.

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23% | 17%

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MENTAL HEALTH:
A gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language, and eventually, physical function.

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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MENTAL HEALTH:
Between men and women, who is more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease because they live longer than the other?

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Women

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MENTAL HEALTH:
Alzheimer’s involves a deficiency in the brain, particularly of a messenger chemical named…?

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Acetylcholine

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MENTAL HEALTH:
This represents a transitional state between the cognitive changes of normal aging and very early disease.

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Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

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MENTAL HEALTH:
What is the meaning of MCI?

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Mild Cognitive Impairment

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MENTAL HEALTH:
These inhibitors (along with other drugs) slow the downward progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Cholinesterase Inhibitors

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MENTAL HEALTH:
Services that provide temporary relieffor those who are caring for individuals with disabilities, illnesses, or the eldery.

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Respite Care

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MENTAL HEALTH:
A chronic, progressive disease characterized by muscle tremors, slowing of the movement, partial facial paralysis.

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Parkinson’s Disease

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MENTAL HEALTH:
TRUE or FALSE: Parkinson’s Disease is treatable.

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TRUE

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MENTAL HEALTH:
Its said that psychologists prefer to work with YAVISes over QUOIDs.
What do both of those terms mean?

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  • Young, Attractive, Verbal, Intelligent and Successful
  • Quiet, Ugly, Old, Indigent and Dismilar
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MENTAL HEALTH:
TRUE or FALSE: Older adults have higher leves of life satisfaction, self-esteem and optimism.

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TRUE

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