Seeing which of the following words made older adults perform worse than younger age groups on cognitive tests?
wise
insightful
enlightened
senile
senile
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Results of a study of cognitive vulnerability to depression found that ____ percent of the students with thought patterns classified as "high risk" for depression subsequently suffered a major depressive episode whereas only ____ percent of the "low risk" students subsequently experienced a major depressive episode
a. 16; 2.7 b. 25; 15 c. 46; 14 d. 85; 10
Ben, age 62, is multilingual and has always found it easy to learn new languages. He will be traveling to Italy soon, so he is taking a class in conversational Italian. He finds learning Italian difficult, although his memory about routine activities and experiences is excellent. What can explain Ben's difficulty?
A. selective optimization with compensation B. metamemory C. selective attention D. proactive interference
According to Marcia, which of the following four categories of identity development leads to the greatest psychological health, achievement motivation, and moral reasoning ability in adolescents?
a) Identity diffusion b) Identity foreclosure c) Moratorium d) Identity achievement
In his book, Seasons of a Man's Life, Daniel Levinson first introduced the concept of
A) boomerang children. B) a glass ceiling. C) a midlife crisis. D) a sandwich generation.