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Hooyman: Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, 7e
Chapter 5
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The component of intelligence that consists of skills acquired through a lifetime of experiences and education is known as _____.
crystallized intelligence
primary mental abilities
fluid intelligence
A major longitudinal study of intelligence in older persons that has resulted in the development of sequential research designs is the _____.
Iowa State Study
New York State Study of Twins
Seattle Longitudinal Study
Older adults with _______ tend to do worse on intelligence tests than those without such disorders.
diabetes
arthritis
cardiovascular disorders
The theoretical limit of an individual's performance is called _______.
recall
reasoning
intelligence
Links between information memorized and information that is already in secondary memory are called _______.
mnemonics
recall
mediators
Age related deficiencies have been found in tests of _____.
Recognition
primary memory
recall
_____ is the ability to recall where objects are in relationship to each other in space.
Spatial memory
Iconic memory
Echoic memory
_____ refers to the teaching of participants how to use various techniques to keep their minds active and maintain good memory skills.
Cued recall
Cognitive retraining
Visual mediators
_______ is an integration of experience, introspection, reflection and empathy.
Intelligence
Wisdom
Memory
The theory which suggests that older people lose information from their secondary memory if they do not actively practice it is called _____.
disuse theory
loss theory
interference theory
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