Question : 71. According to the Seattle Longitudinal Study, which of the : 1254620

71. According to the Seattle Longitudinal Study, which of the following abilities showed signs of early decline?

a. Spatial orientation

b. Perceptual speed

c. Inductive reasoning

d. Verbal memory

72. According to the Seattle Longitudinal Study of individuals aged 25 to 95, which of the following abilities showed the LEAST decline?

a. Verbal comprehension

b. Spatial orientation

c. Inductive reasoning

d. Numerical abilities

73. Which of the following is the finding of the longitudinal and cross-sectional assessment of intellectual abilities conducted by Schaie?

a. Decline in intellectual abilities was more likely in the cross-sectional assessments than in the longitudinal assessments.

b. When assessed longitudinally, inductive reasoning showed a consistent decline in the middle adulthood years.

c. When assessed cross-sectionally, inductive reasoning increased until toward the end of middle adulthood.

d. People reach a peak in their cognitive functioning for many intellectual skills in early adulthood.

74. What is the notable finding of Schaie’s assessment of intellectual abilities of parents and their children?

a. The second generation scored higher on numerical abilities.

b. The second generation showed higher levels of cognitive functioning in inductive reasoning.

c. The offspring generation showed cognitive decline from 60 to 67 years of age.

d. The parent generation showed modest increase in cognitive functioning from 60 to 67 years of age.

75. Which of the following is true about research by Schaie and Salthouse?

a. Both agree that adulthood is the time when the level of functioning in a number of cognitive domains is maintained or even increases.

b. Salthouse recently has argued that his longitudinal research on aging and cognitive functioning should not be dismissed.

c. Salthouse agrees with Schaie that cognitive functioning involving accumulated knowledge, such as vocabulary and general information, does not show early age-related decline but rather continues to increase at least until 60 years of age.

d. Schaie has argued that reasoning, memory, spatial visualization, and processing speed begin declining in early adulthood and show further decline in the fifties.

76. Which of the following is a common way to assess speed of information processing?

a. Reaction-time task

b. Phonic simulation

c. Visual perception test

d. Neuropsychological test

77. An adult in middle age will do most POORLY on which of the following tasks?

a. Understanding verbal directions

b. Completing a crossword puzzle

c. Hitting the brakes of a car when the light suddenly turns red

d. Lifting a box that weighs 20 pounds

78. In Schaie’s Seattle Longitudinal Study, verbal memory peaked in the:

a. twenties.

b. thirties.

c. sixties.

d. fifties.

79. According to cognitive aging expert Denise Park, the slowdown in learning new information has been linked to changes in:

a. dopamine levels.

b. working memory.

c. cognitive atrophy.

d. neurotransmitter dysfunctions.

80. The slowdown in learning new information has been linked to changes in _____ where individuals manipulate and assemble information when making decisions, solving problems, and comprehending written and spoken language.

a. working memory

b. brain circuitry

c. episodic memory

d. neural network