Many people often assume that old age is generally an unhappy stage in life. It is also assumed that mental ability inevitably decline with age. Does the research support these beliefs? Provide specific research findings to support your argument
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: A good answer will include the following key points.
? Some cognitive abilities, such as fluid intelligence, episodic memory, and work-memory decline with age, but many other cognitive abilities remain fairly stable in healthy adults.
? Healthy older adults are no more likely to become depressed than younger people.
? Older Americans tend to be more optimistic than young adults and adolescents.
? Emotional well-being tends to increase as people get older, with negative emotions declining with age while positive emotions increase in frequency.
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a. the amygdala. b. Broca's area. c. Wernicke's area. d. the corpus callosum.
Employers need employees who can think for themselves. The development of which skill set would most readily meet employers' expectations?
a. intuitive thinking skills b. experiential cognition skills c. critical thinking skills d. personal skills
A researcher who is interested in documenting the relationship between internal psychological states such as a person's motivation to succeed and his or her feelings of self-confidence would most likely use a ________ measure
a. behavioral b. self-report c. physiological d. naturalistic observational
According to research, a six-month-old infant's ability to distinguish different sequences of sounds
A) does not depend on the language from which the sounds originate. B) is stronger for sounds from their native language than for sounds from other languages. C) is limited to sounds to which they have been exposed previously. D) will not develop without adequate exposure to child-directed speech.