Week 3: Adult Cognitive Development Flashcards

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What is focusing on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant wile ignoring others that are irrelevant. Automatic vs. effortful processing?

A

Selective attention

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What occurs when we are required to perform two (or more) tasks at the same time and attention is required for the performance of both (all) the tasks. ?

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Divided attention

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What is the ability to direct and focus cognitive activity on specific stimuli; readiness to detect and respond to small changes occurring at random times in the environment?

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Sustained attention

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4
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What is memory of facts and experiences that individuals consciously know and can state?

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Explicit memory

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5
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What is memory without conscious recollection; skills and routines that are automatically performed (less decline than explicit)?

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Implicit memory

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6
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What is ability to remember where learned something. (decreases during late adulthood)?

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Source memory

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7
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What are the different forms of long-term memory?

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episodic (better in younger), semantic (doesnt decline as bad), and explicit

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8
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What is the mental activity involved in successful adaptation to the changing demands of the environment?

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IQ

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9
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What is the development of advanced skills and knowledge in a particularly well-practiced activity?

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Expertise

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10
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Expertise is ______, not ______

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task-specific, not transferrable

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11
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Is expertise immune to aging effects?

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yes

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12
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What is an expert knowledge system applied to the fundamental pragmatics of life that permits exceptional insight, judgment, and advice involving the conduct and meaning of life?

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Wisdom

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13
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Is there a relationship between wisdom and age?

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no

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14
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Is it possible for people to learn how to be wise?

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yes

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15
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_____ factors are better predictors of wisdome than _____ factors

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personal better than cognitive

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16
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What condition lies between normal aging and dementia?

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Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

17
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MCI is inversely related to ______.

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years of education

18
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Those with MCI are at a heightened risk of developing what?

19
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What is a sudden and sometimes rapid change in mental function?

20
Q

Delirium develops in _____ of older adults postoperatively?

21
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What are some symptoms of delirium?

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agitation (25%), hypoactive (more common), or mixed presentation

22
Q

What is Not a disease but rather a group of disorders that affect the brain and present as symptoms that commonly affect memory and language?

23
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What is the essential feature of dementia?

A

development of multiple cognitive deficits that include memory impairment and at least one of the following cognitive disturbances: aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, or disturbance in executive functioning

24
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What is the most common form of dementia?

A

Alzheimer’s

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What is is a slowly progressive disease of the brain that is characterized by impairment of memory and eventually by disturbances in reasoning, planning, language, and perception?
Alzheimer's
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What are the 3 characteristic pathological changes that occur with alzheimers?
amyloid plaques, formation of neurofibrillary tangles (tau), and loss of connections between neurons responsible for memory and learning
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How long does early stage AD last?
2-4 yrs
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How long does second stage AD last?
2-10 yrs
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How long does last stage AD last?
1-3 yrs
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What is Aricept used for?
delay or slow effects of AD
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What is Celexa used for?
reduce depression and anxiety
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What is Depakote used for?
treat severe aggression
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What is Exelon used for?
delay or slow symptoms of AD
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What is Namenda used for?
delay or slow symptoms of AD
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What is Razadyne used for?
prevent or slow symptoms of AD
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What is Zoloft used for?
reduce depression and anxiety
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What is Trileptol used for?
treat severe aggression
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What is Tegretol used for?
treat severe aggression
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What is Remeron used for?
reduce anxiety and depression