Chapter 18 Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

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Multiple Choice Questions

The term Baltes uses to describe the “hardware” of the mind, meaning the neurophysiological architecture of the brain that was developed through evolution, is:

cognitive mechanics.

cognitive perceptions.

crystallized pragmatics.

crystallized intelligence.

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 18.1: Describe the cognitive functioning of older adults.
Topic: Cognitive Mechanics and Pragmatics

 

Speed and accuracy of the processes involved in sensory input, attention, visual and motor memory, discrimination, comparison, and categorization are components of:

cognitive perceptions.

cognitive pragmatics.

cognitive mechanics.

cognitive intelligence.

 

 

APA LO: 1.2
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 18.1: Describe the cognitive functioning of older adults.
Topic: Cognitive Mechanics and Pragmatics

 

_____ are the culture-based “software programs” of the mind.

Cognitive functions

Cognitive perceptions

Cognitive mechanics

Cognitive pragmatics

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 18.1: Describe the cognitive functioning of older adults.
Topic: Cognitive Mechanics and Pragmatics

 

Which of the following is NOT a component of cognitive pragmatics?

Language comprehension

Knowledge about the self

Life skills

Comparison and categorization

 

 

APA LO: 1.2
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 18.1: Describe the cognitive functioning of older adults.
Topic: Cognitive Mechanics and Pragmatics

 

Cognitive _____ declines in old age, whereas cognitive _____ appears to remain constant or increase.

mechanics; pragmatics

pragmatics; mechanics

pragmatics; reasoning

learning; reasoning

 

 

APA LO: 1.2
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 18.1: Describe the cognitive functioning of older adults.
Topic: Cognitive Mechanics and Pragmatics