True/False—Cognitive Development

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Determine whether each of the following statements is “true” or “false”.

This activity contains 13 questions.

	Some of the decrements in cognitive aging demonstrated by cross-sectional research result from the weaknesses in the research itself.

	True False

	Research reveals gains followed by stability in crystallized abilities despite an earlier decline in fluid intelligence or basic information processing skills.

	True False

	Overall changes in mental abilities over the adult years are remarkably similar for men and women.

	True False

	In the Seattle Longitudinal Study, the latter-born cohorts demonstrated improved numeric ability when compared to the earlier-born cohorts.

	True False

	Adults who maintain higher levels of perceptual speed tend to be advantaged in other mental abilities.

	True False

	Sustaining two complex tasks at once becomes easier as one gets older.

	True False

	Cognitive training has been shown to slow age-related attentional declines.

	True False

	From the twenties into the sixties, the amount of information people can retain in working memory declines.

	True False

	Older individuals use the rehearsal memory strategy more often than do younger individuals.

	True False

	The memory strategies of organization and elaboration are applied less often and less effectively with age.

	True False

	It is important to remember that the memory tasks used by researchers require strategies that many adults seldom use or may not be motivated to use.

	True False

	Practical problem solving peaks between 40 and 59 years of age.

	True False

	Cognitive gains in midlife are usually in the areas involving experienced-based buildup and transformation of knowledge and skills.

	True False

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True/False—Cognitive Development

Some of the decrements in cognitive aging demonstrated by cross-sectional research result from the weaknesses in the research itself.

Research reveals gains followed by stability in crystallized abilities despite an earlier decline in fluid intelligence or basic information processing skills.

Overall changes in mental abilities over the adult years are remarkably similar for men and women.

In the Seattle Longitudinal Study, the latter-born cohorts demonstrated improved numeric ability when compared to the earlier-born cohorts.

Adults who maintain higher levels of perceptual speed tend to be advantaged in other mental abilities.

Sustaining two complex tasks at once becomes easier as one gets older.

Cognitive training has been shown to slow age-related attentional declines.

From the twenties into the sixties, the amount of information people can retain in working memory declines.

Older individuals use the rehearsal memory strategy more often than do younger individuals.

The memory strategies of organization and elaboration are applied less often and less effectively with age.

It is important to remember that the memory tasks used by researchers require strategies that many adults seldom use or may not be motivated to use.

Practical problem solving peaks between 40 and 59 years of age.

Cognitive gains in midlife are usually in the areas involving experienced-based buildup and transformation of knowledge and skills.