What is the primary reason why people's reaction times slow down as they get older?
a. Because older adults necessarily have more neurofibrillary tangles in their brains, and these tangles interfere with the cognitive processing of various tasks.
b. Because older adults have a decreased ability to distinguish important from unimportant information, and thus they need more time to process a given situation.
c. Because older adults have fewer "healthy" neurons, and thus neural messages take longer to process in the brain.
d. Because older adults take longer to decide that they need to respond to a given situation.
d
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a) hypothalamic b) thalamic c) cortex d) basal ganglia
One of the reasons that people make external attributions is to
(a) protect their self esteem (b) avoid the fundamental attribution error (c) recognize real causes (d) maintain the illusion of control (e) make their behavior consistent with their beliefs
The right hemisphere is especially adapted for handling
perceptual skills, such as drawing a picture or recognizing melodies, while the left hemisphere is especially adapted for the production and understanding of speech. This is known as a. brain corticalization. b. spatial lateralization. c. hemispheric specialization. d. peripheral localization.
Which of the following statements about grandparenthood is most accurate?
A. Spending time with grandchildren forces older adults to live in the past. B. Grandchildren are an older adult's link to the future. C. Most adults are alienated from their grandchildren. D. Grandchildren resent the idea that the grandparents are replacing their parents.