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18 Cards in this Set
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What age-related changes would you expect to seein the brain? |
Blood Supply, Brain Volume, and Cognition |
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What is cognition? |
The thought process |
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Gives some examples of cognitive processes thatwe discussed in class. |
Attention, Language, Problem Solving, Processing Speed. |
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How does primary and secondary aging relate to changes in cognition? |
TBA |
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Would you say that cognition declines with age? Why or Why not? |
TBA |
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In the area of cognitive testing, do olderadults tend to benefit more, less, or to the same degree as younger adults whenit comes to practicing a cognitive task? |
TBA |
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What changes would you expect to see in reactiontime with age? |
TBA |
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What is attention? |
The ability to focus or concentrate on one piece of information while ignoring others. |
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What can you say about age-related changes inattention? |
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What is divided attention? |
Attention spliting being two or more different subjects. |
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How might you measure divided attention it? |
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Would you expect older adults to be better orworse at divided attention tasks than younger adults? |
Worse |
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What is sustained attention? |
TBA |
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What cognitive changes that can be expected forolder adults might be important when you consider driving? |
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Do you think older adults should be tested inorder to maintain their driver’s licenses? Why or why not? |
Yes |
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How might stereotypes about older drivers affectolder drivers themselves? |
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Describe an n-back test. |
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What type of memory is the n-back testing? |
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