Sixty-eight-year-old twins Mary and Tina are trying to solve a crossword puzzle by
working together. This is an example of
a. metacognition.
b. mnemonics.
c. collaborative cognition.
d. external strategy.
What is the relationship between nursing home staff satisfaction and resident
satisfaction?
a. There is no relationship between these variables.
b. As staff satisfaction increases, resident satisfaction increases.
c. As staff satisfaction increases, resident satisfaction declines.
d. As staff satisfaction decreases, resident satisfaction increases.
Which of the following brain imaging techniques is based on molecular structure and
magnetic fields?
a. SPECT
b. PET
c. MRI
d. CT
Children in a daycare setting, ages 6-months to18-months of age, are participating in a
study examining the development of gross and fine motor skills. They are tested each
week so that the researchers can observe their progress as it occurs. This type of study
is known as
a. an experiment
b. a microgenetic study
c. a macrogenetic study
d. a cohort study
The Pocket Smell Test gives clinicians another indicator for diagnosing suspected cases
of
a. perimenopause.
b. osteoporosis.
c. rheumatoid arthritis.
d. Alzheimer’s disease.
What neuronal structure receives incoming information from neurotransmitters?
a. terminal branches
b. nucleus
c. organelles
d. dendrites
Which of the following statements is true regarding the population in the United
States?
a. The fastest growing segment of the U.S. population is the over-85 group.
b. There are more men than women in all segments of the elderly population.
c. The baby boomers are the smallest cohort of individuals ever to reach old age.
d. By 2050, the population distribution in the United States will resemble the shape of a
rectangle.
How can employers avoid alienating workers and improve organizational commitment?
Research indicates that _________ is key.
a. increasing vacation time
b. providing donuts and bagels on Fridays
c. raising expectations
d. trust
When a person loses their occupational idealism and feels like they are being exploited,
this is termed
a. alienation.
b. burnout.
c. stress.
d. unrealistic expectations.
The increase in_____that has occurred over the past few decades may result in children
feeling a lower sense of obligation to their parents, placing a greater burden for the care
of aging adults on society.
a. individualism
b. divorce
c. the average number of children per family
d. poverty
The primary emphasis of a hospice is
a. quality of life.
b. extending life.
c. curing disease.
d. diagnosing disease.
Everyday competence is a person’s
a. actual ability to perform a wide range of tasks.
b. potential ability to perform a wide range of tasks.
c. ability to get along with others in a community-based setting.
d. ability to satisfactorily perform ADLs.
The “triumph of knowledge over reasoning” is best documented by research on
a. wisdom.
b. expertise.
c. postformal thought.
d. unexercised abilities.
Marriage based on similarity of values and interests is called
a. monogamy.
b. homogamy.
c. polygamy.
d. compatibility.
Social psychologists suggest that the reason stereotypes are automatically activated is
that they become
________and are thus spontaneously activated when we encounter a member or
members of a stereotyped group.
a. increasingly complicated
b. increasingly negative
c. impossible to change
d. overlearned
Knowledge acquired through experience and education constitutes
a. fluid intelligence.
b. crystallized intelligence.
c. primary intelligence.
d. tertiary intelligence.
The memories of what you did last summer and the speech you gave last semester in
your public speaking class are stored in
a. sensory memory.
b. working memory.
c. long-term memory.
d. remote memory.
A belief that an older adult is cute and could not possibly abuse drugs may cause a
doctor to not diagnose or misdiagnose a drug problem. This is an example of
a. a positive environmental condition.
b. a negative environmental condition.
c. a positive bias.
d. a negative bias.
The friends people have the longest are
a. their siblings.
b. the ones they meet in childhood.
c. the ones they meet in college.
d. the ones who live the closest.
Majorie enjoys where she lives because she has her own private room and bathroom,
yet she shares meals with friends and is able to get any additional help she might need.
She most likely lives in
a. a nursing home.
b. an assisted-living facility.
c. an adult family home.
d. a hospice.
In Schaie’s (2008) sequential research, the finding that, within a given cohort, some
people show longitudinal decline in certain abilities, some people show stability, and
yet others show increases in these same abilities speaks to the concept of
a. acquisition of symbolic knowledge.
b. plasticity.
c. interindividual variability.
d. modification of underlying fluid intelligence abilities.
According to Birren and Renner’s definition, which of the following does not
characterize mentally healthy people?
a. personality balance
b. mastery of the environment
c. lack of touch with reality
d. growth and self-actualization
Which of the following forms of cancer is thought to have a genetic link?
a. breast
b. spinal
c. stomach
d. lung
Structural brain changes have been linked to executive function. For example,
age-related declines in______may affect white matter structures, which underlie all the
areas important to executive functioning.
a. serotonin
b. the functioning of blood vessels
c. cognitive abilities
d. unilateralization
Researchers have found that hospice clients are
a. more mobile.
b. less anxious.
c. less depressed.
d. all of these.
Compared with younger adults, the rate of clinical depression in older adults is
a. higher.
b. lower.
c. the same.
d. unknown.
_______is a common and incapacitating respiratory disorder in older adults.
a. Myocardial infarction
b. Atherosclerosis
c. CVA
d. COPD
One of the main criticisms of theories based on life transitions is that
a. each person’s life transitions are different.
b. the research methods used are questionable.
c. measuring life transitions is problematic.
d. most of the supporting data is correlational.
Getting rid of older workers by using retirement incentives is an example of
a. the glass ceiling.
b. age discrimination.
c. ageist stereotypes.
d. age harassment.
The hypothesis states that intelligent people show weaker neural activations in a smaller
number of areas than less intelligent people.
a. biological
b. neurophysiological
c. neural efficiency
d. neural activation
Which of the following is a generational difference in occupational expectations?
a. Baby boomers are more likely to change jobs than millennials.
b. Millennials are more likely to change jobs than baby boomers.
c. Baby boomers are more likely to view traditional organizations with distrust and
cynicism.
d. Baby boomers are more globally aware and prefer a work culture focused on
employee development.
In the dual-component model, pragmatic intelligence dominates during
a. childhood.
b. adolescence.
c. adulthood.
d. throughout the life span.
Which of the following is a type of elder abuse categorized by the National Center on
Elder Abuse?
a. physical
b. sexual
c. financial
d. all of these
A first step to take when deciding on an optimal environment is to decide whether the
individual has significant cognitive or impairment requiring intervention.
a. physiology
b. social
c. mental
d. physical